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14/06/2013
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British Library acquires W.H. Auden’s previously ‘lost’ journal
- Acquired for £47,475 on Wednesday 12 June
The British Library has this week acquired one of just three journals kept by W H Auden. The journal, which provides a fascinating juxtaposition of personal and political preoccupations, gives an intimate insight into Auden during one of the most important periods in his life. Used by the celebrated poet between August and November 1939, the unpublished journal has been in private hands since Auden’s death in 1973 until last month when it was unearthed and put up for auction by Christie’s.
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Evie Jeffreys
evie.jeffreys@bl.uk
+ 44 (0) 20 7412 7105