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Old 08-30-2005, 09:18 PM
TheBlueMonster TheBlueMonster is offline
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Default 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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