Stephen Spender was born in London on February
28, 1909. He began to write poems early, and when he came up to Oxford took
his courage in his hands and showed the work to W. H. Auden, who was a little
his senior. Later Spender published both Auden's first book and his own on a
small handpress. After Oxford he traveled in Germany for a time, and was later
to translate various German poets, notably Rainer Maria Rilke, During the
Thirties Spender and his friends worked for the Loyalists in Spain, though he
became somewhat disillusioned about his efforts there. From 1939 to 1941 he
was co-editor with Cyril Connolly of the important review Horizon, and
from 1953 to 1967 he was co-editor with Melvin J. Lasky of Encounter.
Spender has lectured a good deal, and for some years taught at American
universities before accepting a chair in English Literature at University
College in the University of London. He retired in 1975.
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Selected Poems
MODERN POEMS
An Introduction to Poetry
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Richard Ellmann & Robert O'Clair
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