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W. H. Auden

W.H. Auden was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960. After the publication of his Poems in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the "thirties poets." His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china. In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen. He died in 1973.
Selected Poems of W. H. Auden
As I Walked Out One Evening
Auden: Poems
Collected Poems of W. H. Auden
The Dyer's Hand
Forewords and Afterwords
The Portable Greek Reader

Books

Selected Poems of W. H. Auden
As I Walked Out One Evening
Auden: Poems
Collected Poems of W. H. Auden
The Dyer's Hand
Forewords and Afterwords
The Portable Greek Reader

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