mss0099_0816.xml Finding aid for W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore 1970–1972 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2008 April 03) Finding aid encoded 2008 April 03 English W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore 1970–1972 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore 1970–1972 MSS 099, F816 3 items Two letters written by W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Gift of Doris Grumbach, February 2008.

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MSS 099, F816, W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note

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.

"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).

 Scope and Content Note

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.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Whittemore, Reed, 1919- Topical Terms American poetry––History––20th century––Sources. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Occupation Poets. Detailed Contents List 54 F816 W. H. Auden letter to Reed Whittemore 1970 June 13 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.

 54 F816 W. H. Auden letter to Reed Whittemore 1972 May 15 1 item (1 leaf)

One handwritten letter from W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore declining to review books suggested by Whittemore.