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e e e. e. e. e. cummingse e cummings (no, this is not a typographical error, take tint to the way he writes his name) was an unusual, yet highly acclaimed writer of the 20th century. His mood of writing was much different than that of any other contemporary or even 18th and 19th century writers. Although difficult to understand at sequences, e e cummings is a very profound and inventive writer. e e cummings was born Edward Estlin e. e. cummings on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge Massachusetts. His parents were Edward and Rebecca Haswell Clarke Cummings. In 1911, at the age of 17, cummings entered Harvard University. It was there at Harvard where he first published his poetry in 1912 in Harvard Monthly. Then, in 1915, cummings graduated Harvard as Magna cum Laude with a B.A. It was at his graduation where he gave his commencement speech, The New Art. In 1916, cummings received an M.A. for English and classic Studies at Harvard. After completing his college education, he voluntee red to be an ambulance driver with Norton Harjes Ambulance corps (The American Red Cross) in France in 1917, during World War I. It was maculation he was overseas when he was imprisoned falsely for three months in a camp on suspicion of French disloyalty. Although this was an unpleasant time in his life, it was there in the camp that changed his life. He was already an nice writer, but this experience added fuel to his ability. He was released from prison on January 1, 1918. Cummings then returned to New York City, but was drafted by the linked States Army in 1918 until Armistice. On December 20, 1919, e e cummings and his girlfriend, Elaine Orr Thayer, welcomed their daughter, Nancy, into the world. Later, on border district 19, 1924 cummings married long-time girlfriend Elaine Orr, but they are divorce scarce a short while later on December 4, 1924. In 1920, after his time in the war and the birth of his daughter, cummings firm to move to Paris, France to study art, but he f requently returned home for visits to the United States. He remained living there only until 1923, when he returned to the US and had his said(prenominal) wedding and divorce later the next year. While in the US, cummings resided at 4 Patchin Place, Greenwich Village in New York City. In 1925, calamity struck cummings life when his father died.