W.H. Auden Death
Wystan passed away on September 29, 1973 at the age of 66 in Vienna, Austria. Wystan's cause of death was congestive heart failure.
When did W.H. Auden die?
September 29, 1973How did W.H. Auden die? What was the cause of death?
Congestive heart failureHow old was W.H. Auden when died?
66Where did W.H. Auden die? What was the location of death?
Vienna, Austria
W.H. Auden Birthday and Date of Death
W.H. Auden was born on February 21, 1907 and died on September 29, 1973. Wystan was 66 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 21, 1907
Date of Death: September 29, 1973
Age at Death: 66
W.H. Auden - Biography
Wystan Hugh Auden (/ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən/; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet, best known for love poems such as "Funeral Blues," poems on political and social themes such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles," poems on cultural and psychological themes such as The Age of Anxiety, and poems on religious themes such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae." He was born in York, grew up in and near Birmingham in a professional middle-class family. He attended English independent (or public) schools and studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. After a few months in Berlin in 1928–29 he spent five years (1930–35) teaching in English public schools, then travelled to Iceland and China in order to write books about his journeys. In 1939 he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1946. He taught from 1941 through 1945 in American universities, followed by occasional visiting professorships in the 1950s. From 1947 through 1957 he wintered in New York and summered in Ischia; from 1958 until the end of his life he wintered in New York (in Oxford in 1972–73) and summered in Kirchstetten, Austria.
