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Wystan Hugh Auden (* 21. Februar 1907 in York; † 29. September 1973 in Wien) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, der 1946 die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft annahm. W. H. Auden (rechts) und Christopher Isherwood, fotografiert von Carl van Vechten, 6. Februar 1939.
Wystan Hugh Auden ( / ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən /; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 [1]) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.
English poet, playwright, critic, and librettist Wystan Hugh Auden exerted a major influence on the poetry of the 20th century. Auden grew up in Birmingham, England and was known for his extraordinary intellect and wit. His first book, Poems, was published in 1930 with the help of T.S. Eliot.
20. Mai 2024 · W. H. Auden 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.
8. Aug. 2021 · Der Schriftsteller W. H. Auden fand in seinen späten Lebensjahren im Wienerwald ein Refugium. Die Anonymität ermöglichte ihm Freiheiten, die ihm anderswo nicht möglich gewesen wären. Die ...
W. H. Auden served as a C hancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1954 to 1973, and divided most of the second half of his life between residences in New York City and Austria. He died in Vienna on September 29, 1973.
W.H. Auden. Anyone who has tried to write a poem has wondered, long before the words settle into lines, at the compulsion itself, the sense of urgent waiting in the room, and no one has described the feeling as beautifully as W.H. Auden.
