11 Biggest Plagiarism Scandals of All Time

10. T.S. Eliot

Year: 1922

We are continuin our list of biggest plagiarism scandals of all time with scandal number 10 – Eliot’s poem The Waste Land is lauded as one of the most important poem of the 20^th century, a deep lamentation for the world destroyed by the Great War. It became a hymn of the modernist literature and one of the most influential works ever written. It was certainly the best thing T. S. Elliot ever wrote. Only, he didn’t. At least, not all of it. In line with his famous quote “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal” Elliot behave very maturely and stole whatever line he liked. Mostly from an unknown poet named Madison Cawein and his poem titled Waste Land. Eliot even stole the title.