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Apr 10, 2024 · 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.
Aug 16, 2023 · Best Known For: W.H. Auden was a British poet, author and playwright best known as a leading literary figure in the 20th century for his poetry. Industries; Christianity; Journalism and...
A prolific writer, Auden was also a noted playwright, librettist, editor, and essayist. Generally considered the greatest English poet of the twentieth century, his work has exerted a major influence on succeeding generations of poets on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jan 12, 1975 · There was nothing more admirable in Auden than his firm belief in sanity. By Hannah Arendt. January 12, 1975. W. H. Auden, St. Mark’s Place, New York, March 3, 1960. Photograph by Richard...
Biography. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) is one of the most influential voices in 20th Century poetry. It is impossible to summarise his achievements, ranging as they do across some four hundred poems in a bewildering variety of styles, as well as drama, essays, libretti, travel writing and critical works.
WH Auden © Auden was an Anglo-American poet and one of the leading literary figures of the 20th century. Wystan Hugh Auden was born in York on 21 February 1907. His father was a doctor and...
Mar 6, 2022 · Wystan Hugh Auden was only 31 when he wrote “Musée des Beaux Arts,” but he was already considered the major poet of his generation. A loosely connected group of young British writers with...
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