W. H. Auden Letter, 1938

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W. H. Auden Letter, 1938

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00818.xml

The collection consists of a letter written by Auden on January 9, 1938, from Brussels to "Geoffrey."

0.1 cu. ft.; 1 folder

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6338510

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...