W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden was born on Feb 21, 1907 in UK. W.H. Auden's big-screen debut came with Night Mail directed by Harry Watt in 1936.

Author, poet and composer, educated at Oxford University, and a US citizen in 1946. He co-authored the verse plays: "The Dog Beneath the Skin", "The Ascent of F6", and "On the Frontier". His poetry volumes include: "Double Man". "The Shield of Achilles" (National Book Award), "For the Time Being"' "Collected Shorter Poems", and "The Age of Anxiety" (Pulitzer Prize, 1948). He authored "Spain", and co-authored "Education, Today and Tomorrow", plus he co-edited "Poet's Tongue". His awards include Bollingen, Alexander Droutsky, and Guinness. He joined ASCAP in 1958, and collaborated musically with Igor Stravinsky. His musical works include "On This Island" (poems set to music), and the opera "The Rakes Progress".