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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was thought 1 (be) one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.He also wrote plays and some important essays about literature.
He was born in St.Louis,Missouri,and went to college in Harvard. 2 (spend) most of his adult life in London,England,he 3 (become) a British citizen in 1928.
One of his books 4 (write) for children is called OldPossum’sBookofPracticalCats.The 5 (song) in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats are based 6 poems in it.He also wrote a famous poem,TheWasteLand,and helped start a new style called Modernism.His friend,Ezra Pound,another modern poet,helped 7 (he) finish it.His poem TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock and his play MurderintheCathedral were also very 8 (success).
He was married twice.He worked at a bank in England and later as the head editor of a famous publishing company in London 9 is now called Faber and Faber.In 1948,at 10 age of 60,he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.He died in London in 1965.
