Auden

American  

[awd-n] / ˈɔd n /

noun

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

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Auden British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Heaney grieves the violence, memorializing its complexity and horror in a poem that can stand with Yeats and Auden.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From New York Times