ฉันรักEdward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had been interested in poetry from an early age, and attended Cambridge High School, then moved on to Harvard in 1915. Through Harvard, he met many other celebrated writers.
In 1917, Cummings left the United States for France, while also publishing his first selection of poems. During World War 1, he worked as an ambulance driver, then interned at a prison camp. After the war, he bounced between Connecticut and Greenwich Village, while also visiting Paris. While travelling though Europe, Cummings met many more famous artists.
In 1920, he debuted to an American audience with seven poems, including "Buffalo Bill's". His first book of poems debuted in 1923, and was called "Tulips and Chimneys".
Cummings is well known for experimenting with form and spelling and punctuation and so on, casting tradition aside. His poetry demonstrated strong emotions that related to love, often written in rather informal language. He was criticized for many things, but was increasingly popular amongst young adults, who were open to his ideas about more unconventional subjects and writing.
Cummings had been awarded with many honors, such as the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1958.
He died on September 3, 1962, while he was one of the most famous poets in America. He was buried in Massachusetts, in Forest Hills Cemetery of Boston.