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Vor 5 Tagen · 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.
7. Mai 2024 · The Shield of Achilles, which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden’s most important, intricately designed, and unified book of poetry. In addition to its famous title poem, which reimagines Achilles’s shield for the modern age, when war and heroism have changed beyond recognition, the book also includes ...
Vor 5 Tagen · One of Auden’s most significant periods was spent living in the East Village at 77 St. Mark’s Place where he lived from 1953 until 1972. Auden’s decision to emigrate to the United States was driven by a combination of personal, political, and artistic reasons. Auden had become something of a celebrity in the UK and he was ready to shed ...
28. Apr. 2024 · Join me on a journey through the life and works of W.H. Auden, one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. From his early days in England to his later years in America, Auden's...
Vor 4 Tagen · W.H. Auden See all mediaIn full: Wystan Hugh AudenBorn: February 21, 1907, York, Yorkshire, EnglandDied: 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 fr...
17. Mai 2024 · May 17, 2024. ∙ Paid. Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The 2024 syllabus can be found here. This lecture is about the life and work of W. H. Auden. I consider the poet’s reputation as the third of the three great modern poets in British literature after Yeats and Eliot.
Vor 4 Tagen · — W. H. Auden, As I Walked Out One Evening. I tend to track time differently than I once did. Now I measure time by the length of my hair or fingernails (weeks versus days since my last trim). I don’t generally look at the clock before calling it a night, for what does time have to do with how tired we feel? Nor do I set an alarm to awaken ...
