T S ELIOTT. S. Eliot, (1888-1965) recast 20th century English poetry with a whole new vocabulary of technique, giving voice to a bold, vibrantly original Modernist style. In addition to his poetry, his body of work includes many landmark critical essays, as wll as plays such as The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral. In 1948, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Read More Read Less