Stephen Spender: ‘Life and the Poet’ by Sir Stephen Harold Spender (b.1909, d.1995); [1940-1942]. Autograph draft, heavily revised. In a notebook with the cover title ‘Life, Poetry & Democracy’, and on the first leaf, the words ‘Dedicated to the you... [1940-1942]

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Stephen Spender: ‘Life and the Poet’ by Sir Stephen Harold Spender (b.1909, d.1995); [1940-1942]. Autograph draft, heavily revised. In a notebook with the cover title ‘Life, Poetry & Democracy’, and on the first leaf, the words ‘Dedicated to the you... [1940-1942]

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Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...