Stephen Spender
Past display archive
13 January - 5 July 2009
Room 31 case display
Free
This small display marked the centenary of the birth of the poet and critic Sir Stephen Spender. One of the 'modern poets' of the 1930s, Spender worked alongside friends W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice to recharge poetry by challenging style and subject matter. The display included photographs and drawings by Ida Kar and Sir David Low.