21.2.07

Auden at 100

Happy Birthday Wystan! W. H. Auden would have been 100 years old today. This evening I will be attending a tribute to Auden at the Whitney Humanities Center. In the meantime, here are a number of links on the man dubbed by James Fenton to be the "Poet of the Century":

W. H. Auden, poet of the century.

Hail Auden: taxi drivers to recite poet's work to unsuspecting passengers.

Quiz: Know your WH?

Ralph Fiennes reads Auden's "As I Walked Out One Morning".

In Praise of... WH Auden.

More about Auden.

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