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- W. H. Auden (born February 21, 1907, York, Yorkshire, England—died September 29, 1973, Vienna, Austria) was an English-born poet and man of letters who achieved early fame in the 1930s as a hero of the left during the Great Depression. Most of his verse dramas of this period were written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood.
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May 20, 2024 · Wystan Hugh Auden. Born: February 21, 1907, York, Yorkshire, England. Died: September 29, 1973, Vienna, Austria (aged 66) Awards And Honors: National Book Award (1956) Bollingen Prize (1953) Pulitzer Prize (1948) Notable Works: “For the Time Being” “Homage to Clio” “Letters from Iceland” “Musée des Beaux Arts” “On This Island” “Paid on Both Sides”
May 20, 2024 · ← Back. W.H. Auden: Immigrant Poet Turned East Villager. Posted May 20, 2024. By Lannyl Stephens. Wystan Hugh Auden, one of the most significant poets of the 20th century, was born in York, England, in 1907. His early career and works were deeply rooted in the English landscape and literary tradition.
1 day ago · The collection formed the basis of 'W.H. Auden; a Bibliography, 1924-1969', by B.C. Bloomfield and E. Mendelson (Charlottesville, 1972), and contains copies of the majority of items listed in that work. Annotated copies of the bibliography are found at Auden.514-515. Both Bloomfield and Mendelson have donated books to the collection over the ...
May 2, 2024 · Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form and content.
3 days ago · Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-73) is reported to have said: ‘I should be furious if I ever met another Wystan.’ Well, maybe he did and maybe it wasn’t fury he felt. The poet was born in York, where his father was a doctor. There’s a blue plaque on a house there to prove it.
May 10, 2024 · Many pointed to the incident as the source of Tolkien's fascination with evil spiders, but Tolkien denied this. In a letter that he wrote to his friend, Wystan Hugh Auden, he claimed he was so young when the spider bit him that he had forgotten about it until his family members reminded him. He wrote, "I do not dislike spiders particularly, and ...
May 10, 2024 · Rhul_library: wystan hugh auden was a british-american poet and academic, closely associated with his friend and fellow-writer, christopher isherwood. auden wrote nearly 400 poems encompassing a wide range of styles, tone and themes, including politics, morals, love, and religion.
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