Born: 1894 October 14 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1962 September 3 in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States

Biography: Cummings wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and various essays. He is associated with modernist free-form poetry. He is known for idiosyncratic syntax and use of lower-case spellings for poetic expression, though much of his work is quite traditional. Cummings wanted to be a poet from childhood and wrote poetry daily from age 8 to 22, exploring assorted forms.


Name:

    e. e. cummings Type: None

Other Names:

  1. Edward Estlin Cummings Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Edward Estlin Family name: Cummings

Degrees:

  1. B.A., Harvard University in 1915

  2. M.A., Harvard University in 1916