W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a Anglo-American poet. He was born in York and moved to Harborne, Birmingham in 1908, then to New York City in 1939. He wrote several famous poems such as Funeral Blues, and As I Walked Out One Evening. He signed his works W. H. Auden. He died in Vienna, Austria and is buried in Kirchstetten.[1]
Auden was an Anglican[2] and was gay. He married Erika Mann in 1935 to enable her to escape Nazi Germany. His partner from 1946 until his death was Chester Kallman (1921–1975).[1]
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Auden's birthplace in York
Auden's School at Hindhead in Surrey
Auden's grave at Kirchstetten (Lower Austria)
American writer W. H. Auden
Photo of W. H. Auden, 1970, taken by me.
Commemorative plaque at one of Auden's homes in Brooklyn Heights, New York
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