W. H. Auden facts for kids

Quick facts for kids W. H. Auden
Auden in 1939
Born	Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-02-21)21 February 1907 York, England
Died	29 September 1973(1973-09-29) (aged 66) Vienna, Austria
Citizenship	British (birth); American (1946)
Education	M.A. English language and literature
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	Poet
Spouse(s)	Erika Mann (unconsummated marriage, 1935, to provide her with a British passport)
Relatives	George Augustus Auden (father) Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden (mother) John Bicknell Auden (brother)

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a Anglo-American poet. He was born in York and moved to Harborne, Birmingham in 1908, then to New York City in 1939. He wrote several famous poems such as Funeral Blues, and As I Walked Out One Evening. He signed his works W. H. Auden. He died in Vienna, Austria and is buried in Kirchstetten.

Auden was an Anglican and was gay. He married Erika Mann in 1935 to enable her to escape Nazi Germany. His partner from 1946 until his death was Chester Kallman (1921-1975).

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  Auden's birthplace in York

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  Auden's School - Hindhead

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  Christopher Isherwood (left) and W. H. Auden (right) photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 6 February 1939

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  Auden's grave at Kirchstetten (Lower Austria)

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  Auden in 1970

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  Commemorative plaque at one of Auden's homes in Brooklyn Heights, New York