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.
B.A., Harvard University in 1915
M.A., Harvard University in 1916