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Auden was born
W.H. Auden was born in Yorkshire, England and grew up in Birmingham, England -
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W.H Audens Life
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The Audens move to Birmingham
When Auden was one year old, his family moved from York to Birmingham, England. -
Started Elementary School
W.H. Auden attended ST. Edmund's Preparatory school at the age of 8. -
Started Middle School
W.H. Auden attended Gresham's at Holt in Norfolk -
Influenced by T.s Elliot
W.H. Auden was influenced greatly by T.S. Eliot in 1920. -
Oxford Colledge
Auden went to college at Christ Church, Oxford. When he arrived, he had a scholarship in biology, but while attending there he turned his attention to poetry. -
Travel
Auden moved to Berlin, Germany in the autumn of 1928. This was partly to rebel against English repressiveness. During this time he also traveled to China, Iceland, and Scotland. -
First Book of Poems
W.H. Auden's very first book of poems was printed privatly in 1928.
Wystan H. Auden's first book was privately printed while he was attending his last year of college. It became popular in 1930 and it was then clear that Auden had great potential in poetry. -
Hobbies
W.H. Auden also wrote plays throughout the 1930's. He wrote more than 400 pieces and librettos. -
Political Poet
W.H. Auden was a political poet in 1930. He also wrote about rocks, love, phychanalysis, the bacteria on human skin, war and cooking. -
What his poems reflected
In the 1930's W.H. Auden's poems reflected his travels as wellas his immesion in the work of Karl Marx and Signund Freud. -
Marriage
Wystan Hugh Auden married Erika Mann, the daughter of German novelist Thomas Mann. This provided Erika with a British passport. -
Civil War
In 1948, W. H. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize for his long poem, The Age of Anxiety. It was split into six parts, and thoroughly declares the 20th century "the age of anxiety". -
Moved to U.S.A
W.H. Auden moved to the U.S.A in 1939 W. H. Auden moved to Brooklyn in 1939 with a friend of his, Christopher Isherwood (also a poet). It was here he met another man who was to become a friend of his, Chester Kallman. -
World War 2
Almost immediately after moving to the U.S.A., World War 2 began. Although he did not take part in the war, it inspired some poetry and plays that he wrote later on in life. -
First Poems In America
W.H. Auden's first book of poems made in America was called "Another Time" made in 1940. -
Got U.S.A Citerzenship
When W.H. Auden moved to U,S,A he resided in Brookland heights until 1946 when his citizenship was finalized. -
Pulitzer Prize
In 1948, W. H. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize for his long poem, The Age of Anxiety. It was split into six parts, and thoroughly declares the 20th century "the age of anxiety". -
National Book Award
W.H. Auden won The National Book Award in poetry in 1956 -
Medal for Litriture
W.H. Auden won The National Medal For Literature in 1967. -
Death
September 29, 1973 in Vienna Austria