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W.H. Auden | |
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Biographical information | |
Born | February 21, 1907 |
Died | September 29, 1973 |
Education | M.A. English language and literature, Christ Church, Oxford |
Occupation | Poet |
Location | England/United States |
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973), Anglo-American poet, was a long-time friend of J.R.R. Tolkien and the two corresponded frequently.
Auden and Tolkien
- "I am [...] very deeply in Auden's debt in recent years. His support of me and interest in my work has been one of my chief encouragements. He gave me very good reviews, notices and letters from the beginning when it was by no means a popular thing to do. He was, in fact, sneered at for it."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 327
In 1955, Auden sent an inscribed copy of his poetry collection The Shield of Achilles to Tolkien.[1]
Bibliography, selected
Books
- 1968: Secondary Worlds: Essays
- [Title of the book is taken from J.R.R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy-Stories" (see p. 46)][2]
Articles
- 1954: The New York Times, October 31
- "The Hero Is a Hobbit" [Review of The Fellowship of the Ring]
- 1956: The New York Times, January 22
- "At the End of the Quest, Victory" [Review of The Return of the King]
- 1962: English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday
- 1962: The Texas Quarterly IV
- "The Quest Hero" (reprinted in Tolkien and the Critics: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1968) and Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism (2004))
- 1968: Critical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 1-2, pp.138-142.
Other
- 1962: English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday
- 1967: Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
- [Untitled introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien (album cover text)]
See also
- "For W.H.A." (poem by J.R.R. Tolkien)
External links
- W.H. Auden at Wikipedia
- W H Auden and Tolkien on Lotroplaza.com
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 480
- ↑ Oronzo Cilli, "Tolkien Society Facebook Group post" dated 4 December 2018, Facebook (accessed 5 December 2018)