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W. H. Auden

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W. H. Auden

British-American poet (1907–1973)

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About W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden 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. 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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Occupation

poet, screenwriter, literary historian, playwright

Citizenship

United Kingdom, United States

Born

February 21, 1907

Died

September 29, 1973

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