Wystan Hugh Auden
Title: Wystan Hugh Auden
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Wystan Hugh Auden
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1120 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Also known as W. H. Auden
Born: February 21, 1907 in York, England
Died: September 28, 1973 in Vienna, Austria
English-born American poet, critic, essayist, dramatist, editor, translator, and librettist
W. H. Auden is one of the finest poets of the twentieth century. His poetry centers on moral issues and verifies strong political, social, and psychological orientations. In his work, Auden applies theoretical and scientific knowledge to traditional verse forms and metrical patterns while incorporating the industrial countryside of
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Shared Guiness Poetry Award (Ireland) with Robert Lowell & Edith Sitwell
1959-63 With Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling, established the Mid-Century Book
Society; wrote occasionally for its periodical, The Mid-Century
1960 Honored on Chicago Poetry Day
1962-73 Honorary Student (Fellow), Christ College, Oxford University
1966 Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1967 National Medal for Literature of National Book Committee for total
contributions to literature
1968 Medal of National Institute of Arts and Letters
1973 Dies in Vienna, Austria