T.S. Eliot, Take 1
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A young poet.
Eliot the Poet
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A portrait of the writer.
Eliot the Professor
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A photograph of Eliot at the blackboard.
The Eliots at home
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T.S. and his second wife, Valerie.
Eliot and Orwell
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Eliot (seated) and writer George Orwell (standing behind him) together at the BBC.
Nobel Prize
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Eliot accepting the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Waste Land
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A page from Eliot's original draft of the poem, with his markings.
Eliot by Lewis
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A portrait of the poet by his close friend Wyndham Lewis.