Auden, W.H.

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Portrait of W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
Name
Auden, W.H. Gender: M
Auden, Wystan Hugh
born on 21 February 1907 at 06:45 (= 06:45 AM )
Place York, England, 53n58, 1w05
Timezone GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source
Conflicting/unverified Rodden Rating DD
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 01°30' s_mo.18.gif s_gemcol.18.gif 13°22 Asc.s_aqucol.18.gif 13°02'



Biography

British poet: perhaps the most outstanding of the '30s, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for "The Age of Anxiety."

He had a brush with fascism, a life-long fascination with psychology, and finally returned to the Christianity of his childhood. A complex of contradictions, after a decade of fame he shifted from high-toned symbolism to earthier poems that mixed lyric intensity with comedy, even vulgarity.

In 1939 he left his native country for the U.S. Punctilious in his daily routine, he was also untidy, hard-drinking and long addicted to Benzedrine. Old and ill at 50, Auden was open and in harmony about his homosexuality, though he did have a heterosexual affair.

Died in his sleep, apparently of a heart attack, 9/28/73, Vienna, Austria.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • spousal equivalent relationship with Kallman, Chester (born 7 January 1921). Notes: Lover, friend, collaborator

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 28 September 1973 (Age 66)

Source Notes

Penfield Collection spec. Dave Hayward finds this time to work well with progressions and transits.

Fowlers gives 11:00 PM LMT, no source

Categories

  • Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual
  • Vocation : Writers : Poet
  • Notable : Awards : Pulitzer prize (Poetry)
  • Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection
  • Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Benzedrine addict)
  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol (Hard-drinking)
  • Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)

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