W.H. Auden
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W.H. Auden | |
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Biographical information | |
Born | February 21, 1907 |
Died | September 2, 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.
- "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
Bibliography, selected
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.
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