爱德华·艾斯特林·卡明斯（Edward Estlin Cummings，1894年10月14日－1962年9月3日； 又译：肯明斯，堪明斯）是美国著名诗人、画家、评论家、作家和剧作家。1894年出生于美国马萨诸塞州剑桥的一个书香人家，受教于剑桥拉丁语学校和哈佛大学。他的作品包括大约2900首诗歌、两本自传体小说、四个剧本、一些杂文以及很多绘画。他被认为是20世纪诗歌的一个著名代言人，并且本身又是一位最受欢迎的诗人。出生在一神论派家庭，从小开始逐渐形成了超验主义的信念。诗歌中体现了人与上帝间的直接交流的渴望：

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e e cummings (in the style of some of his poems—see name and capitalization, below), 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. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century English literature.