The Greatest 21st Century British Poets

Birthdate: August 17, 1926

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Leeds, England

Died: November 9, 2012

The second wife of legendary English poet T.S. Eliot, Valerie Eliot had longed to work with the poet since she was a 14-year-old schoolgirl and he was 50. She eventually married him when she was 30 and he was 68. As his literary executor, she released many of his significant posthumous works.