Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14 1894 – September 3 1962) was an American poet. Because of the typography used in many of his works it has become a widespread tradition for his name to be presented in lower case as e. e. cummings, though he himself continued to use uppercase letters in signing his own name.
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Birth Name:
Edward Estlin Cummings
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e. e. cummings
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Edward Eatlin Cummings
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