[Letter, 1954] Feb. 11, New York [to Marvin] Halverson, [New York] / W.H. Auden.

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[Letter, 1954] Feb. 11, New York [to Marvin] Halverson, [New York] / W.H. Auden.

Accepts appointment to Commission of Literature.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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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 ...