Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
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Stephen Harold Spender was born on February 28, 1909 in London, England. He was educated at University College, Oxford University. With the help of a small independent income, he left Oxford in 1931 to devote himself entirely to poetry writing. His first collection of poetry, Twenty Poems, was toon meer published in 1930. His other poetry collections include Poems of Dedication, Edge of Being: Poems, and Dolphins. His first prose book, The Destructive Element, was published in 1934. His other works included The Burning Cactus, Forward from Liberalism, European Witness, World Within World, Learning Laughter, The Year of the Young Rebels, Love-Hate Relations: English and American Sensibilities, and The Thirties and After. He also taught English literature at several universities including the University College of London University. He was named a Commander of the British Empire in 1962 and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1971. In 1965, he was the first non-American to serve as Consultant in Poetry in English to the Library of Congress. He was knighted in 1983. He died on July 16, 1995 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Penguin Modern Poets 20: John Heath-Stubbs, F. T. Prince, Stephen Spender (1972) — Auteur — 30 exemplaren
The writer's dilemma — Introductie — 6 exemplaren
Chaos and control in poetry; a lecture delivered at the Library of Congress, October 11, 1965 (1966) 6 exemplaren
The new realism : a discussion 3 exemplaren
Encounter (magazine) — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
New poems, 1956 2 exemplaren
W.H. Auden: A Memorial Address by Stephen Spender; Delivered at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on 27 October, 1973 2 exemplaren
Three versions from the German : Christmas 1955 2 exemplaren
Spiritual exercises (to Cecil Day Lewis) 2 exemplaren
The Þmaking of a poem 1 exemplaar
Encounter No. 142 1 exemplaar
Great Writings of Goethe 1 exemplaar
Schiller's Mary Stuart 1 exemplaar
Spender:Der Tempel 1 exemplaar
Encounter No.92 1 exemplaar
Encounter No.141 1 exemplaar
Encounter No. 97 1 exemplaar
Encounter No.155 1 exemplaar
Encounter (Vol. XII, nº 4, April 1959) 1 exemplaar
Encounter (Vol. XII, nº, May 1959) 1 exemplaar
Encounter (Vol. XI, nº 6, December 1958) 1 exemplaar
LAWRENCE GOWING 1 exemplaar
Encounter (Vol. XV, nº 1, July 1960) 1 exemplaar
Sirmione peninsula 1 exemplaar
Ghika: Peintures, Dessins, Sculptures 1 exemplaar
Encounter January 1961 Vol. XVI No. I 1 exemplaar
Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus" 1 exemplaar
The Express 1 exemplaar
Judas Iscariot 1 exemplaar
Der Tod des Grigori Rasputin 1 exemplaar
Regum ultima ratio 1 exemplaar
Twenty poems 1 exemplaar
Henry Moore O.M. : a memorial address 1 exemplaar
Encounter magazine, Vol. 24, No. 3, March 1965 1 exemplaar
Inscriptions 1 exemplaar
The Writings of Goethe 1 exemplaar
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- Spender, Stephen Harold
- Geboortedatum
- 1909-02-28
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1995-07-16
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- Groot-Brittannië
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- Kensington, London, England, UK
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- St John's Wood, London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
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- University College School, London
University College London
Oxford University (University College) - Beroepen
- professor (poetry)
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essayist - Relaties
- Spender, Lily (grandmother)
Spender, Harold (father)
Spender, Matthew (son)
Humphries, Barry (son-in-law)
Lake, Elizabeth (wife) - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1969)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1962)
Knight Bachelor (1983)
Golden PEN Award (1995)
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1965-1966)
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