Joseph Auslander
| Joseph Auslander | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
11 October 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died |
22 June 1965 (aged 67) Coral Gables, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Poet, anthologist, novelist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse | Audrey Wurdemann |
"Open letter" to the Dutch, World War II poster
Joseph Auslander (11 October 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 22 June 1965, Coral Gables, Florida) was an American poet, anthologist, translator of poems, and novelist. Auslander was appointed the first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1937 and 1941.
Life
Auslander was married to Audrey Wurdemann, a Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry;[1] they lived at 3117 35th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.[2]
Their papers are held at the University of Miami.[3]
Works
- Sunrise Trumpets, Harper, 1924
- Cyclop's Eye, Harper & brothers, 1926
- Historia amoris mea, Harold Vinal, 1927
- Letters to Women, Harper & brothers, 1929
- Hell in Harness, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929
- No Traveller Returns: A Book of Poems, Harper & brothers, 1935
- More Than Bread: A Book of Poems. Macmillan compay. 1936.; Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9781417995660
- Riders at the Gate, The Macmillan co., 1938
- The Unconquerables: Salutes to the Undying Spirit of the Nazi-Occupied Countries, Saturday Evening Post, 1941
- "Four Sonnets on the Eve of Invasion", Life, May 22, 1944. p. 40
- (Joseph Auslander; Audrey Wurdemann) My Uncle Jan,: A Novel, Longmans, Green and Company, 1948
- The Islanders, Longmans, Green, 1951
References
- ↑ "Comparing Poems on Like Topics," by Paul Mowbray Wheeler. The English Journal 40 (3): 154–161; 1951
- ↑ "DC Writer's Homes - An Online Guide to Where Authors Lived in the Greater Washington DC Region". Dcwriters.poetrymutual.org. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ↑ "Auslander, Joseph and Audrey Wurdemann | University of Miami Finding Aids". Proust.library.miami.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
Other sources
- "Poet Laureate Timeline: 1953–1960". Library of Congress. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
External links
- Joseph Auslander at Library of Congress Authorities, with 33 catalog records
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