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Auden, Wystan Hugh, 1907 - 1973 (poet)

 Person

Dates and places

1907 - 1973

Sphere of activity

Poet

Relationships

In circle of friends including Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, C. Day Lewis, and Louis MacNeice.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

 Sous-sous Fonds

Auden and Spender, 1928 - 1983

 Sous-sous Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NM/Auden
Scope and Contents

Copy of an early edition of Auden's 'Poems' published by Spender, together with two letters from Auden to Spender and Spender's eulogy of Auden. Documents regarding the donation are included.

Dates: 1928 - 1983
 Item

'Gazette of the Grolier Club', 1947-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/B/3
Scope and Contents

Vol. II, No. 7, Feb. 1947, containing W. H. Auden's Address on Henry James on pp. 208-225. Inscribed 'Tom Eliot from Wystan Auden, 18/5/47'.

Dates: 1947-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
 Item

Letter from W. H. Auden to Anne Barnes, 1960-05-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/2/1/1
 Item

Letter from W H Auden to John Saltmarsh, 1925

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NM/Auden/7
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed concerning contributions to 'The Gresham'. Also includes a manuscript note by John Saltmarsh. To request this document please use call mark: Coll. 34/20.

Dates: 1925
 File

Letters from W. H. Auden to JDH, 1932 - 1948

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JDH/26/2
Scope and Contents

3 autograph letters signed, with 1 envelope. One letter encloses a poem for T. S. Eliot's 60th birthday, 1948.

Dates: 1932 - 1948
 Item

'Madrid', 1937

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/1/5/1
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet of the poem 'Madrid' by W. H. Auden (in English) and Raul Gonzalez Tunon (in Spanish), printed by Nancy Cunard and Pablo Neruda to raise funds for the Spanish republican cause.

Dates: 1937
 File

Material relating to Louis MacNeice's funeral, 1963-10-17

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/FLM/3/2
Scope and Contents

The file comprises an order of service and address by W. H. Auden.

Dates: 1963-10-17
 Item

Photograph of Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden in Essex Street, 1935 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/1/4/6
Scope and Contents

On the back of the photographs are manuscript notes about the writers and their works.

Dates: 1935 - 1936
 File

Postcards from W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice to Anthony Blunt, 1936-08 - 1936-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/FLM/1/5
Scope and Contents

3 photograph postcards sent from Iceland.

Dates: 1936-08 - 1936-11
 Sub-Series

Stallybrass correspondence: main series, 1965 - 1978

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/33/1
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains miscellaneous correspondence between Oliver Stallybrass and others, found in a large accordian folder indexed by the last name of Stallybrass' correspondent. It includes correspondence with: Sir Harold Acton, Noel Annan, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Bob Buckingham, Paul Cadmus, Christopher Isherwood, Bernard Levin, Sir Joseph Napier, Sonia Orwell, Bill Roerick, G.H.W. Rylands and Lionel Trilling.

Dates: 1965 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: RESERVED items are held in a separate envelope, EMF/33/1/8.