Monday, July 11, 2016

A for Auden

ABC Wednesday
July 13, 2016

The letter is A - Again
and it stands for W. H. Auden


The poet, Wystart Hugh Auden

Born in 1907 in York, England, to
George Augustus Auden and Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden

British from birth, but American from 1946,
he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

After toying with atheism he returned to Christianity
and the Anglican Church 

W.H. Auden died in 1973 in Vienna, Austria

he is a favourite.....







More 'As' as we start another round, here, at ABC Wednesdasy
with thank to Roger, Denise and Able helpers.


10 comments:

photowannabe said...

Great poetry.
I do like all the character lines in his face.

MelodyK said...

I agree with what Photowannabee wrote

Wonderful object/person to start a new round of abc with

Have a nice abc-w-day / - week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
http://melodymusic.nl/abc-wednesday-19-a/

carol l mckenna said...

Hildred ~ delightful and creative post for A ~ love this poet/author ~

Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

Amit Agarwal said...

Wonderful poem and quote! A great tribute to Auden, this post of yours..

Joy said...

One of my favourite poets too although I didn't know he was born in York.

Reader Wil said...

Thank you for introducing Auden!His last poe is great!
Thanks for visiting!
Wil

fredamans said...

He is a poet I admire greatly as well!

Roger Owen Green said...

ADMIRABLE choice
ROG, ABCW

Trubes said...

I do like W H Auden but 'Stop all the Clocks' does it for me
particularly when it was recited in the movie 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'...

Beet wishes.
Di.
ABCW team.

Jackie McGuinness said...

What a great post, thank you. Time sure does fly!