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W.H. Auden was an English-American poet, playwright, and essayist. He was born in York, England, and moved to the United States in 1939. He is best known for his works such as The Age of Anxiety, The Orators, and For the Time Being. Auden was educated at Oxford University and was a professor of poetry at Oxford from 1956 to 1961. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948 and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1956. Auden was a prolific writer and his works have been translated into more than 40 languages. He wrote over 400 poems, as well as plays, libretti, essays, and reviews. He was also a noted translator of works by other authors. Auden died in Vienna, Austria, in 1973. He was buried in Kirchstetten, Austria.

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Occupation writer,miscellaneous,actor
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 21 February, 1907
Birthday 21 February
Birthplace York, England, UK
Date of death 29 September, 1973
Died Place Vienna, Austria
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is W.H. Auden's Wife?

His wife is Erika Mann (15 June 1935 - 27 August 1969) ( her death)

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1948

"The Shield of Achilles" (National Book Award), "For the Time Being"' "Collected Shorter Poems", and "The Age of Anxiety" (Pulitzer Prize, 1948). He authored "Spain", and co-authored "Education, Today and Tomorrow", plus he co-edited "Poet's Tongue". His awards include Bollingen, Alexander Droutsky, and Guinness.

1946

Author, poet and composer, educated at Oxford University, and a US citizen in 1946. He co-authored the verse plays: "The Dog Beneath the Skin", "The Ascent of F6", and "On the Frontier". His poetry volumes include: "Double Man".

1941

Taught at the University of Michigan from 1941 to 1942.

1935

In 1935 he entered into what was then known as a lavender marriage (a marriage of convenience, often by or between gay and lesbians) to the lesbian German actress and writer, Erika Mann, in order that she could obtain British citizenship, and a UK passport, so that she would not have to return to Nazi Germany, and also allowing her to move to the United States. They never lived together, but remained close friends and technically married until Erika's death in 1969.

1920

He was a long time friend (from the 1920s until Auden's death in 1973) with Christopher Isherwood, who for a time, Auden considered him to be his mentor, traveling companion, occasional writing partner, and possibly sometime lover.

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