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Identification: MSS 099, F816
Creator: Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
Title: W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore
Inclusive Dates: 1970–1972
Extent: 3 items
Abstract: Two letters written by W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F816, W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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Gift of Doris Grumbach, February 2008.
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Poet, dramatist, librettist, and essayist W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden was born February 21, 1907 in York, England. He became an American citizen in May 1946. In 1948, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for The Age of Anxiety.
Sources:
"Wystan Hugh Auden." Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 9: 1971-1975. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994 (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed March 2008).
Two letters handwritten by poet W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore are dated June 13, 1970 and May 15, 1972. Auden writes to decline to review books suggested by Whittemore and states his fee for readings.
W. H. Auden letter to Reed Whittemore , 1970 June 13 [Box 54 F816]
1 item (1 leaf)
One handwritten letter from W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore declining to review a book suggested by Whittemore and stating his fee for readings.
W. H. Auden letter to Reed Whittemore , 1972 May 15 [Box 54 F816]
1 item (1 leaf)
One handwritten letter from W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore declining to review books suggested by Whittemore.
