Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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Are we counting TS Eliot as American or British?
British, I assume.
If we are counting him as American, he wins...
...and it's not close.
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Despite being born in St. Louis, critics consider him both American and British. And he can't be considered the best author cause he was a poet and not an author in the generally held sense of the word.
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