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Auden's Birth
He was born in York, North Yorkshire. He was the son of George Augustus Auden, a distinguished physician, and Rosalie (Bicknell) Auden. -
'Poems' was printed
Other publications include:
Look, Stranger! (1936, poetry)
Spain (1937)
Journey to a War (1939, with Christopher Isherwood)
Another Time (1940, poetry)
The Sea and the Mirror (1944)
For the Time Being (1945)
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (1947, poetry)
Collected Shorter Poems, 1930-44 (1950, poetry)
The Shield of Achilles (1955, poetry)
Making, Knowing, and Judging (1956)
Homage to Clio (1960, poetry)
The Dyer's Hand (191962, poetry) http://www.nndb.com/people/037/000031941/ -
'Poems' was published by Faber & Faber
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Auden married Erika Mann
Erika Mann was a lesbian actress. They married so that she could get a British passport. They met for the first time on their "wedding day". -
Publication of "Funeral Blues"
'Funeral Blues' was used in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994): Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with the juicy bone.
Silence the pianos and, with muffled drum,
Bring out the coffin. Let the mourners come. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA -
Auden became a U.S. citizen
He was previously living in the United States but in 1946 he became an actual citizen. -
Auden beings teaching at Oxford University
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Auden's Death
He died of Heart Failure and was burried in Kirchstatten Cemetery in Austria,
