1888 - 1965
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) was an American-born British poet, essayist, playwright, and literary critic. He is best known for his works such as "The Waste Land" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," which revolutionized modernist poetry and had a profound influence on 20th-century literature. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 for his outstanding contribution to poetry.