Reading 1 : Authors of English Literature

Thomas Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in 1888. He was an

American and British poet and critic.He is one of the most
distinguished literary figures of the 20th century. In 1948
Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He studied at
Harvard, the Sorbonne, and Oxford. In 1914, he
established residence in London. After working as a
teacher and a bank clerk Eliot began his publishing
career. In 1925 he was employed by the publishing house
of Faber and Faber, eventually becoming one of its
directors.

John Millington Synge was born in 1871. He was an Irish

John Synge poet and dramatist. Synge was an important figure in the
Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studied
music in Germany and later lived in Paris where he wrote
literary criticism. In Paris he met his compatriot William
Yeats, who persuaded him to live for a while in the Aran
Islands and then return to Dublin and devote himself to
creative work. All of Synge's plays reflect his experiences
in the Aran Islands.

Eric Blair Eric Arthur Blair,better known as George Orwell was born
in 1903. He is a British novelist and essayist. Orwell is
best remembered for his satirical and political novels.
After attending Eton College, he traveled to India in 1927
where he served with the Indian imperial police in Burma.
He returned to Europe in 1927. In 1936 he fought with the
Republicans in the Spanish civil. Orwell was a critic of
imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism. His works
are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his
time.

Edward Forster Edward Morgan Forster was born in1879. He was an

English author and one of the most important British
novelists of the 20th century. After graduating from
Cambridge college, Forster lived in Greece and Italy.
During World War I he joined the International Red Cross
in Egypt where he served. In 1946, Forster became an
honorary fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where he
lived until his death in 1970. He received the Order of
Merit in 1968.