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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 Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1965.
Learn about the life and work of Stephen Spender, a prominent British poet of the 1930s and a member of the Oxford Poets group. Explore his political and social themes, his autobiographical style, and his influence on modern literature.
Learn about the life and poetry of Sir Stephen Spender, a prominent English poet and critic of the 20th century. Explore his political and personal themes, his influences, his prose works, and his involvement in the Spanish Civil War.
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Stephen Spender was a poet whose work often reflects his concerns about social injustice and war. In his poem 'Ultima Ratio Regum,' he expresses deep sadness about the senselessness of conflict and its impact on innocent lives.
Learn about the life and work of Stephen Spender, a prominent poet of the 1930s and beyond. Explore his poems on social and political themes, his friendship with Auden, and his involvement in cultural and literary movements.
Learn about the life and works of Stephen Spender, a British poet and socialist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and co-founded Horizon and Encounter magazines. Read some of his poems, such as "Vienna" and "The Still Centre".
By Stephen Spender. I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history. Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns, Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition. Was that their lips, still touched with fire, Should tell of the Spirit, clothed from head to foot in song.
