W.H. Auden
(1907-1973)
British-American poet
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Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-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. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".
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Wystan Hugh Auden 21 February 1907 York, England
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29 September 1973 (aged 66) Vienna, Austria
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Charles Williams (British writer) · Friend · 1886-1945 · British writer, theologian, and literary critic
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