Speech manuscript of Stephen Spender, 1982.

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Speech manuscript of Stephen Spender, 1982.

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The Stephen Spender collection contains an original and a photocopy of a speech given in 1982 by Stephen Spender about Raoul Wallenberg. Spender was a poet and essayist who visited Gustavus Adolphus College to deliver this speech during a ceremony which conferred the degree Doctor of Laws upon Raoul Wallenberg.

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Gustavus Adolphus College, Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library

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Gustavus Adolphus College, Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library

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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 ...

Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947

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Raoul Wallenberg, also known as Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg, (b. August 4, 1912, Lidingö, Sweden-d. 1947, Lubyanka Prison, Moscow), Swedish diplomat in Nazi-occupied Hungary who led an extensive and successful mission to save the lives of nearly 100,000 Hungarian Jews....