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'''Wystan Hugh Auden''' ([[21 February]] [[1907]] – [[29 September]] [[1973]]), Anglo-American poet, was a long-time friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and the two corresponded frequently.
'''Wystan Hugh Auden''' ([[21 February]] [[1907]] – [[29 September]] [[1973]]), Anglo-American poet, was a long-time friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and the two corresponded frequently.
==Auden and Tolkien==


{{quote|I am [...] very deeply in Auden's debt in recent years. His support of me and interest in my work has been one of my chief encouragements. He gave me very good reviews, notices and letters from the beginning when it was by no means a popular thing to do. He was, in fact, sneered at for it.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Letter 327]]}}
{{quote|I am [...] very deeply in Auden's debt in recent years. His support of me and interest in my work has been one of my chief encouragements. He gave me very good reviews, notices and letters from the beginning when it was by no means a popular thing to do. He was, in fact, sneered at for it.|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Letter 327]]}}
In 1955, Auden sent an inscribed copy of his poetry collection ''[[List of books in Tolkien's library#The Shield of Achilles|The Shield of Achilles]]'' to Tolkien.<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 480</ref>


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**"[[Good and Evil in The Lord of the Rings|Good and Evil in ''The Lord of the Rings'']]"
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*[[1967]]: ''[[Poems and songs of Middle Earth]]''
*[[1967]]: ''[[Poems and Songs of Middle Earth]]''
**[Untitled introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien (album cover text)]
**[Untitled introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien (album cover text)]


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W.H. Auden
Biographical information
BornFebruary 21, 1907
DiedSeptember 29, 1973
EducationM.A. English language and literature, Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationPoet
LocationEngland/United States

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 190729 September 1973), Anglo-American poet, was a long-time friend of J.R.R. Tolkien and the two corresponded frequently.

Auden and Tolkien

"I am [...] very deeply in Auden's debt in recent years. His support of me and interest in my work has been one of my chief encouragements. He gave me very good reviews, notices and letters from the beginning when it was by no means a popular thing to do. He was, in fact, sneered at for it."
J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 327

In 1955, Auden sent an inscribed copy of his poetry collection The Shield of Achilles to Tolkien.[1]

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Other

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