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Esmé Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher; 17 August 1926 – 9 November 2012) was the second wife and later widow of the Nobel prize -winning poet T. S. Eliot. She was a major shareholder in the publishing firm of Faber and Faber Limited and the editor and annotator of a number of books dealing with her late husband's writings.
Nov 13, 2012 · Valerie Eliot, who married the poet T. S. Eliot near the end of his life and steadfastly guarded his literary legacy for nearly half a century, died on Friday in London. She was 86. The...
Aug 17, 2016 · American-born British poet, playwright and essayist, T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965), with his second wife, Valerie Eliot (1926 - 2012), Aug. 16, 1958. Express—Getty Images. By Sarah Begley....
Valerie Eliot preserved T.S. Eliot’s literary legacy until her death in 2012 at the age of 86. She was the recipient of several honorary degrees from American and British universities. Esmé Valerie Eliot, née Fletcher, was born in Leeds, England, on August 17, 1926.
Esmé Valerie Fletcher was born on 17 August 1926 in Headingley, Leeds, the daughter of James Fletcher (1895–1957), an insurance manager at State Assurance Company, and his wife, Esmé May, née Bruce (1894–1987). She was educated privately at Queen Anne’s School, Caversham, near Reading.
Valerie Eliot was the devoted wife and literary executor of TS Eliot, the poet to whose work she dedicated herself during their married life together and following his death in...
Nov 13, 2012 · Valerie Eliot, the wife of the English poet and playwright T.S. Eliot, has died at the age of 86. Even though she carried the surname of one of the most famous poets of the...
