W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden was born in York on February 21st, 1907 and passed away at the age of 66 on September 29th, 1973.

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W.H. Auden Stats: The most read book by W.H. Auden on Book Notification is Selected Poems, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of W.H. Auden books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Poetry Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top poetry collections are Selected Poems, Collected Poems, and Letters from Iceland.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Poems
1930
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2
The Orators
1932
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3
Look, Stranger!
1936
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4
Letters from Iceland
1937
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5
Another Time
1940
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6
The Double Man
1941
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7
For the Time Being
1944
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8
Collected Poems
1945
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9
The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Epilogue
1947
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10
Nones
1951
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11
The Shield of Achilles
1955
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12
10
Selected Poems
1958
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13
Homage to Clio
1960
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14
About the House
1965
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15
Collected Shorter Poems
1966
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16
Collected Longer Poems
1968
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17
City Without Walls, And Other Poems
1969
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18
A Certain World
1970
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19
Epistle to a Godson and Other Poems
1972
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20
Thank You Fog
1974
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List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Dance of Death
1933
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2
The Ascent Of F6
1936
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3
The Dog Beneath the Skin
2013
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Dyer's Hand, Journey to a War, and Forewords and Afterwords.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Journey to a War (With: Christopher Isherwood)
1939
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2
Enchafed Flood
1950
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3
The Dyer's Hand
1962
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4
Secondary Worlds
1968
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5
Forewords and Afterwords
1972
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List of The Voice of the Poet Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Voice of the Poet books are The Voice of the Poet, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Robert Frost (By: J.D. McClatchy)
1976
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2
James Merrill (By: James Merrill)
1999
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3
W.H. Auden
1999
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4
Elizabeth Bishop (By: Elizabeth Bishop)
2000
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5
Anne Sexton (By: J.D. McClatchy)
2000
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6
Robert Lowell (By: Robert Lowell)
2000
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7
Randall Jarrell (By: Randall Jarrell)
2001
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8
Five American Women (By: Louise Bogan, H.D., Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Muriel Rukeyser)
2001
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9
Langston Hughes (By: Langston Hughes)
2002
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10
Wallace Stevens (By: Wallace Stevens)
2002
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11
Richard Wilbur (By: Richard Wilbur)
2003
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12
Allen Ginsberg (By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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13
The Voice of the Poet ( By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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14
Frank O'Hara (By: Frank O'Hara)
2004
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List of Princeton Classics Books in Publication Order

Presents classic works that reinterpret history and culture through bold, unconventional theses.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature (By: José Ortega y Gasset)
1925
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2
Medieval Cities (By: Henri Pirenne)
1925
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3
The Coming of the French Revolution (By: Georges Lefebvre, R.R. Palmer, Timothy Tackett)
1939
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4
Twelve Who Ruled (By: R.R. Palmer, Isser Woloch)
1941
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5
Only Yesterday (By: Barbara Harshav, Adam Kirsch, S.Y. Agnon, Benjamin Harshav)
1945
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6
Anatomy of Criticism (By: Northrop Frye, David Damrosch)
1957
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7
Politics and Vision (By: Wendy Brown)
1960
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8
The Age of the Democratic Revolution (By: David Armitage, R.R. Palmer)
1964
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9
The Passions and the Interests (By: Albert O. Hirschman)
1977
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10
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (By: Richard M. Rorty)
1979
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11
The Jews of Islam (By: Bernard Lewis)
1983
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12
Leviathan and the Air-Pump (By: Steven Shapin)
1985
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13
The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales (By: Maria Tatar)
1987
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14
Origins of the Kabbalah (By: Gershom Scholem, Allan Arkush)
1987
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15
The Formation of Christendom (By: Judith Herrin)
1987
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16
The Therapy of Desire (By: Martha C. Nussbaum)
1994
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17
States of Injury (By: Wendy Brown)
1995
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18
Hamlet in Purgatory (By: Stephen Greenblatt)
2001
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19
Evil in Modern Thought (By: Susan Neiman)
2002
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20
The Ethics of Identity (By: Kwame Anthony Appiah)
2005
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21
On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State (By: Charles Tilly, William Chester Jordan, Joseph R. Strayer)
2011
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22
Addiction by Design (By: Natasha Dow Schüll)
2012
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23
Mimesis ( By: Erich Auerbach)
2013
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24
Nietzsche (By: Walter Kaufmann, Alexander Nehamas)
2013
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25
The Struggle for Equality (By: James M. McPherson)
2014
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26
8
How Propaganda Works (By: Jason F. Stanley)
2015
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27
Racism (By: George M. Fredrickson, Albert Camarillo)
2015
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28
The King's Two Bodies (By: William Chester Jordan, Ernst H. Kantorowicz, Conrad Leyser)
2016
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29
The Machiavellian Moment (By: Richard Whatmore, J.G.A. Pocock)
2016
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30
The Tao of Architecture (By: Amos Ih Tiao Chang, David Wang)
2017
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31
The Rhetorical Presidency (By: Russell Muirhead, Jeffrey K. Tulis)
2017
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32
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization (By: Heinrich Robert Zimmer)
2018
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33
The Children of Abraham (By: F. Peters)
2018
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34
Zen and Japanese Culture (By: D.T. Suzuki, Richard M. Jaffe)
2019
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35
From Caligari to Hitler (By: Siegfried Kracauer, Leonardo Quaresima)
2019
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36
Lectures on Shakespeare (With: Arthur C. Kirsch)
2019
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37
The Muqaddimah (By: Bruce B. Lawrence, Ibn Khaldun, N.J. Dawood, Franz Rosenthal)
2020
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38
After the End of Art (By: Arthur C. Danto)
2021
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39
Passionate Enlightenment (By: Miranda Shaw)
2022
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40
Russia Leaves the War (By: Frank Costigliola, George F. Kennan)
2023
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41
Shamanism (By: Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade)
2024
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42
Truth and Truthfulness (By: Bernard Williams)
2025
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43
The Global City (By: Saskia Sassen)
2025
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44
Fearful Symmetry (By: Nicholas Halmi, Northrop Frye)
2025
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List of W.H. Auden Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Poetry of the Forties
1968
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2
A Tolkien Treasury
1978
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3
The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading Their Own Poetry
1992
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4
100 Best-Loved Poems
1995
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5
The Eloquent Essay
2000
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6
Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions
2015
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W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden (Wystan Hugh Auden) was born on February 21st, 1907. W.H. passed away September 29th, 1973 at 66 years old. W.H. Auden was born in York.

W.H. Auden was the author of the W.H. Auden Poetry Collections series which consists of 20 novels. The W.H. Auden Poetry Collections series started in 1930 with the novel Poems. The most recently released novel in the W.H. Auden Poetry Collections series was Thank You Fog which was released in 1974. There are no upcoming novels for the W.H. Auden Poetry Collections series.

W.H. Auden also wrote 5 Non-Fiction Books, including Journey to a War and Enchafed Flood.

W.H. Auden: Awards & Accolades

W.H. Auden won the St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1970.

W.H. Auden: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Collected Poems: Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020.
  • The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Epilogue: New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020.

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  3. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  4. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  5. Jane Austen, author of: Pride and Prejudice.

W.H. Auden: F.A.Q

When was W.H. Auden Born?

W.H. Auden was born on February 21st, 1907.

When did W.H. Auden die?

W.H. Auden died on September 29th, 1973 at 66 years old.

Where was W.H. Auden Born?

W.H. Auden was born in York.

What awards has W.H. Auden won?

W.H. Auden has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (1970).

What was the first book W.H. Auden wrote?

The first book written by W.H. Auden was Poems, published in 1930.

What was the most recent book W.H. Auden wrote?

His most recently released work was Lectures on Shakespeare on October 8th, 2019.

What is the most popular book by W.H. Auden?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular W.H. Auden book is Selected Poems. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Selected Poems (10.00)

How many books has W.H. Auden written?

W.H. Auden has written 30 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 20 Poetry Collections, 3 books in the Plays, 5 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in The Voice of the Poet Series, 1 book in the Princeton Classics Series.

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