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Thomas Stearns Eliot
Full Name of the recipient | Thomas Stearns Eliot |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Literature |
Year of Award | 1948 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry |
Place of Birth | St. Louis, MO, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 26 September 1888 |
Age at the time of Award | 59 years |
Place of Death | London, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 4 January 1965 |