Letter 1934 January 1 Downs School, Colwall, W. Malvern, to Geoffrey Grigson.

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Letter 1934 January 1 Downs School, Colwall, W. Malvern, to Geoffrey Grigson.

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Autograph letter, signed, from W. H. Auden to Grigson concerning corrections to the poem "The earth turns over" which was published in New Verse in February 1934. Grigson was editor of the New Verse.

1 sheet : 11.2 x 17.7 cm.

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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 ...

Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-1985

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Geoffrey Grigson was born at Pelynt, Cornwall and educated at Oxford. Though he published well-received poetry, he was better known as a critic and literary journalist. He was the founder of the modernist periodical New verse, 1933-1939, and wrote books on art, literature, and nature, and edited several anthologies. From the description of Geoffrey Grigson letter to Geoffrey Elborn, 1976 May 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 63664441 ...