W. H. Auden

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critic essayist librettist person poet

W. H. Auden was a major 20th-century Anglo-American poet known for his technical virtuosity, moral and political engagement, and wide-ranging influence on modern poetry.

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W. H. Auden canonical 72
Wystan Hugh Auden 3
Auden 2

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activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry ⓘ
surface form: Bollingen Prize

National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coAuthor Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Chester Kallman ⓘ
Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
Louis MacNeice ⓘ
convertedTo Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-02-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-09-29 ⓘ
describedAs major 20th-century Anglo-American poet ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Gresham's School ⓘ
employer Bryn Mawr College ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form: Oxford University

Swarthmore College ⓘ
New School for Social Research ⓘ
surface form: The New School for Social Research

University of Michigan ⓘ
familyName W. H. Auden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Auden
fieldOfWork libretto writing ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
fullName W. H. Auden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wystan Hugh Auden
genre dramatic poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
occasional poetry ⓘ
givenName Wystan ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn modern poetry ⓘ
influenced James Merrill ⓘ
John Ashbery ⓘ
Joseph Brodsky ⓘ
Philip Larkin ⓘ
Seamus Heaney ⓘ
influencedBy Gerard Manley Hopkins ⓘ
Sigmund Freud ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form: W. B. Yeats
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
movement Auden Group ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
British ⓘ
notableWork About the House ⓘ
Another Time ⓘ
City Without Walls ⓘ
Collected Poems ⓘ
For the Time Being ⓘ
Funeral Blues ⓘ
Homage to Clio ⓘ
Horae Canonicae ⓘ
In Memory of W. B. Yeats ⓘ
Journey to a War ⓘ
Letters from Iceland ⓘ
Lullaby ⓘ
Musee des Beaux Arts ⓘ
Nones ⓘ
Poems (1930) ⓘ
Secondary Worlds ⓘ
September 1, 1939 ⓘ
Thank You, Fog ⓘ
The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
The Double Man ⓘ
The Dyer's Hand ⓘ
The Orators ⓘ
The Shield of Achilles ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
partner Chester Kallman ⓘ
placeOfBirth York, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Vienna, Austria
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Birmingham ⓘ
Kirchstetten, Austria ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
spouse Erika Mann ⓘ
style formal experimentation ⓘ
technical virtuosity ⓘ
theme love ⓘ
modern society ⓘ
morality ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
war ⓘ
wroteLibrettoFor Paul Bunyan ⓘ
The Rake's Progress ⓘ

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The Age of Anxiety → author → W. H. Auden ⓘ
The Age of Anxiety → writer → W. H. Auden ⓘ
The Shield of Achilles → author → W. H. Auden ⓘ
Homage to Clio → author → W. H. Auden ⓘ
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