The wife has her say
John Haffenden reflects on his edition of the Letters of T. S. Eliot, Volume 7: 1934-1935, which is to be published by Faber & Faber on 1 June.
Perhaps the most newsworthy aspect of volume 7 of the Letters of T. READ
Category: General News
The 1858 Charter Lecture: Professor Ronald Schuchard and Jeremy Irons
On 16 May 2017 the University of London is hosting a special event, to mark the centenary of T. S. Eliot’s association with the university.
Professor Ronald Schuchard will deliver the inaugural 1858 Charter Lecture, entitled ‘Eliot in the Wartime Classroom 1916–1919’, which will focus on Eliot’s early writing, much of which was shaped during his time as an extension tutor for the University of London. READ
T. S. Eliot Memorial Lecture 2017
The 2017 T. S. Eliot Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Marina Warner on Wednesday 15th March, titled as follows:
‘What place is this, what land, what quarter of the globe?’: The compass of story in dislocated times.
Against the background of the current refugee crisis, Professor Warner will look at migrating stories, from myths of Troy to Eliot’s uses of Christian legend, tracing the compass bearings they offer. READ
From the Archive
The T. S. Eliot Estate continues to look after Valerie Eliot’s private collection of archives relating to T. S. Eliot. The collection includes T. S. Eliot’s personal and business correspondence, typescript drafts of lectures, speeches and plays, photographs, audio recordings, press cuttings, and scrapbooks Eliot created during his life with Valerie. READ
T. S. Eliot and Decadence
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Chair of the Judges Ruth Padel’s speech
This was the speech given by Ruth Padel at the Award Ceremony for the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize at the Wallace Collection in London on 16 January 2017:
READThank you, first of all, from the whole poetry community to Chris Holifield who has built up this prize-judged-only-by-poets over 14 years and now has helped it continue in a new incarnation.
T. S. Eliot Prize 2016 Winner Announced
Disturbing tale of lost innocence wins world’s most prestigious poetry prize
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce that this year’s winner of the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize is Jacob Polley for his remarkable new collection Jackself.
After months of reading and deliberation, Judges Ruth Padel (Chair), Julia Copus and Alan Gillis chose the winner from a strong shortlist of six women and four men. READ
The T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings
All ten poets shortlisted for the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize have accepted the invitation to read at the T. S. Eliot Prize Readings. For a fabulous evening of poetry join us at 7pm on Sunday 15 January 2017 in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. READ
Welcome to tseliot.com
Today we are proud to launch tseliot.com, the official online home for the poet generally regarded as the greatest of the twentieth century.
Here you can read ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and The Waste Land in full, complete with detailed annotations. READ