W.H. Auden
(1907-1973), PoetWystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden
Sitter in 44 portraits
The third son of a doctor and a missionary nurse, Wystan Hugh Auden grew up in Solihull and described his early advantages as 'good genes and good education'. He is best known for his poems of the 1930s and 1940s (Poems, 1930, Look, Stranger!, 1936, For the Time Being, 1945) and for his collaborations with Christopher Isherwood (The Dog Beneath the Skin, 1935, The Ascent of F6, 1936, On the Frontier, 1938). His later publications included The Sea and the Mirror (1944) and The Shield of Achilles (1955). He travelled to Barcelona to support the Republican cause.
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2952
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3088
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3089
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3090
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3092
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3093
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x540
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x541
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1938
NPG x137621
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15194
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
cream-toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15195
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1941
NPG x15197
by Daniel Farson
vintage contact sheet, 1950s
NPG x46629
The Faber Poets ((Frederick) Louis MacNeice; Ted Hughes; T.S. Eliot; W.H. Auden; Stephen Spender)
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88256
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, 23 June 1960
NPG x88203
by Central Press
bromide press print, 22 June 1972
NPG x184157
Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden ('Young Auden')
by Guillermo Martin Bermejo
pencil, 2022
NPG D49711
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