Auden

[awd-n]

noun

1. W(ystan) H(ugh) 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.

Auden

/ ˈɔːdən /

noun

1. W ( ystan ) H ( ugh ). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood

Example Sentences

Auden, meditating on the role of the artist in a poem by W.B.

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Auden was a champion of his work, as was Nobel-prize winner John Steinbeck.

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Auden or a passage from Don DeLillo to underscore an idea about politics.

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Auden: "Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return."

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Auden and Chester Kallman, or the musical comedy presented by the Public Theater in 2013, with songs by Michael Friedman, Dehnert’s version does not use its songs to deepen character and propel the story.

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