W.H. Auden Biography

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NAME: W.H. Auden
OCCUPATION: Author, Playwright, Poet
BIRTH DATE: February 21, 1907
DEATH DATE: September 29, 1973
EDUCATION: Oxford University
PLACE OF BIRTH: York, England, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH: Vienna, Austria
Full Name: Wystan Hugh Auden
AKA: W.H. Auden
AKA: Wystan H. Auden
AKA: Wystan Auden

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W.H. Auden was a literary chameleon known for his poetry but who also wrote librettos, essays and verse dramas.

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W.H. Auden's varied works dealt with intellectual and moral issues and the inner world of fantasy and dream. He collaborated with Christopher Isherwood on three verse dramas, and his poetic works include The Age of Anxiety (1947, Pulitzer Prize) and the collections Another Time (1940) and Homage to Clio (1960). He also wrote opera librettos, notably The Rake's Progress (1951) for Igor Stravinsky.