Yale will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet W.H. Auden on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
"Auden at 100: Poetry, Commentary and Music" will take place at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The celebration, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Whitney Humanities Center, the Yale Review and Yale University Press.
A prolific poet and writer known for his technical prowess and range of subject matter, Auden revolutionized poetry in the 20th century, "moving away from nostalgic images and toward the forum of ideas," note the organizers of the centennial celebration. Published by the age of 21, Auden was awarded both the King's Gold Medal for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize during his lifetime.
Auden "was considered the most daring and influential poet of his generation," add the organizers. "In examining the self and the vagaries of the human heart and in trying to understand how individuals coexist in modern society, Auden spent decades traveling restlessly around the world, immersing himself in the theories of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and expending unprecedented energy documenting and diagnosing the spirit of what he coined our Age of Anxiety."
Participants in "Auden at 100" will include Yale scholars Langdon Hammer, John Hollander, Sara Kohane, Richard Lalli, Penelope Laurans and J.D. McClatchy; a group of Yale College singers that includes Turner Fishpaw '07, Estelí Gomez '08, Annie Rosen '08 and Claudia Rosenthal '08; and Edward Mendelson, a professor at Columbia University and the literary executor of Auden's estate, who has written and edited several books about the poet's work.
For more information, contact Manana Sikic by phone at (203) 432-0673 or via e-mail at manana.sikic@yale.edu.
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