Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in …

2025年2月24日 · Sir Stephen Spender (born February 28, 1909, London, England—died July 16, 1995, London) was an English poet and critic, who made his reputation in the 1930s with poems expressing the politically conscience-stricken, leftist “new writing” of that period.

Poet and critic Stephen Spender was born in 1909 in London. He was a member of the generation of British poets who came to prominence in the 1930s, a group—sometimes referred to as the Oxford Poets—that included W.H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, C. Day Lewis, and Louis MacNeice.

SST is inspired by the cultural activism of Stephen Spender, poet and champion of international literature. We celebrate multilingualism and literary translation through a range of initiatives, including our Prize for poetry in translation and Creative Translation education programmes.

Stephen Spender - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Sir Stephen Harold Spender was born in 1909 in London.

Stephen Spender (1909-1995) is most closely associated with the 1930s: much of his best poetry was written during this decade and other important works such as his autobiography, World Within World (1951), his novel The Temple (1988) and some volumes of criticism returned to the central questions it raised about the use of poetry in an age of ...

Stephen Spender is best known as a member of the generation of British poets who came to prominence in the 1930s known as the Oxford Poets. Like others in the group, Spender wrote with a social and political consciousness, reflecting such turbulent events as the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, the rise of fascism, and World War II.

Stephen Spender, the son of a journalist, was born in London in 1909. He was educated at University College, Oxford, where he met W. H. Auden. Spender left university without taking a degree and went to Berlin in 1930. Poems appeared in 1933. Spender took a keen interest in politics and declared himself to be a socialist and pacifist.

Stephen Spender was born in London, England, in 1909. He served as the 17th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1965 to 1966, and published 23 poetry collections, including Twenty Poems (1930), The Still Centre (1939), and The Generous Days (1971).

1995年7月16日 · Spender was a prolific writer, contributing a wide array of works across different genres. His poetry collections include Poems of Dedication (1946), The Edge of Being (1949), The...