View W H Auden Pics. Hear great poets read, v. Auden moved from england to the united states in 1939 along with his mentor and occasional sexual partner christopher isherwood.

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Auden was acclaimed prematurely by some as the foremost poet then writing. Younger than william butler yeats and t.s. We are all here on earth to help.

Auden's first book, poems , published in 1930 when he was only 23, gained public attention, followed by the orators:

An english study in 1932, about hero worship in personal and political life. Tolkien and the two corresponded frequently. Auden remained in residence in britain, visiting iceland, a trip which would inspire his later work, until he left for spain in 1937 with the intention of. Auden was admired for his unsurpassed technical virtuosity and ability to write wystan hugh auden was born in york, england, on february 21, 1907.