
A book of poetry in the new world
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An 11-volume collection of poems by American poet and activist T.S. Eliot, collected from his lifetime of writing, is to be published on Sunday in the United States and Britain, two of the world’s most prominent literary institutions.
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S Eliot, known for his novels and short stories, died on January 3 at age 90.
He is known for writing about his experience living with schizophrenia and his fight to get treatment for his condition, which was diagnosed at age 11.
The poet, a member of the Progressive Era Movement, was known for many poems including “On Being” (1880), which became an iconic poem about the human condition, and “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (1914), which has been translated into more than 80 languages.
Eliot died in New York City in his Manhattan apartment after a brief illness.
His widow, Frances, said his poetry “is a living document of his struggles and achievements”.
“We are thrilled that the collection is coming to print, and we hope the poet’s fans in America and Britain will be as inspired by his stories and words as we were by his,” Frances said in a statement.
The poem collection includes a collection of short stories written in the 1930s and 1940s and a collection called “The New York Poems” (1964), which was published in 1960.
It also includes an essay on the poetry of American writer Henry David Thoreau, who wrote that “a poem is a poem only when the poem is meaningful.”
The collection is a rare and expensive collection, said Jonathan Rosenfeld, director of the Eliot Center at Columbia University.
“The book is an extraordinary achievement, and a rare one for an author of Eliot’s stature,” Rosenfeld told Reuters.
“It is an effort to celebrate the extraordinary talent of the man whose poems were the heart of American literature for almost 100 years.
The poem collection will be a major contribution to the history of poetry, and will not only enrich readers’ understanding of Eliot but also help to celebrate Eliot’s legacy.”
A collection of poetry is seen at the Eliot Museum in New New York in this March 21, 2018 file photo.
A new version of the book, “The Eliot Collection: A Book of Poems and Essays,” will be released on March 21.
The collection has been published by Random House, and it was previously published by Simon & Schuster.
The author of “On Writing: A Guide to the Writing Process” and the poem collection is the first American author to receive an award for poetry from the National Book Foundation, which is a nonprofit that supports literature, arts and culture in America.