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<div id="ainfobox"><img class="maxpicw" src="//izquotes.com/images/e-e-cummings.jpg" alt="E. E. Cummings" title="E. E. Cummings" /><br /><div id="imgsrc">Picture Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></div>E. E. Cummings<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=//izquotes.com/author/e.-e.-cummings',640,460);"><img src="//izquotes.com/img/fb16.png" width="16" height="16" class="sbutton" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a><div id="ainfodata"><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Born:</b> October 14, 1894</div><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Died:</b> September 3, 1962  <span class="iage">(aged 67)</span></div><div class="tjust"><br /><b>Nationality:</b> American</div><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Occupation:</b> Poet</div><div class="tjust"><br /><b>Bio:</b> Edward Estlin Cummings, popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings.</div></div><div class="tagsblock"><br /><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/american-poets">American poets</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/poet">Poet</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/born-in-1894">Born in 1894</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/born-on-october-14">Born on October 14</a></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><!--/*
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