1st Edition
The Poet & the Baroness W.H. Auden and Stella Musulin, a Friendship
By Michael O'Sullivan
Copyright 2023
216 Pages
by
Central European University Press
For long periods in history, the Austrian capital found itself on the geographical edge of western civilisation. Yet from the 18th century on, Vienna has been a vibrant centre of European culture. This city is the scene of the formidable meeting of the two outstanding intellectuals that are at the core of this book. The warm relationship between W.H. Auden, the celebrated British-American... Read more
Acknowledgments I. Discovering Auden: A Personal JourneyII. Funeral Blues III. Leaving the Mezzogiorno. Finding Home IV. Stella V. Stella's Journals and Auden's Letters The Years in Austria In Retrospect Auden's LettersPhoto Credits, Index of Names.
Biography
Michael O'Sullivan was Vienna correspondent of the London Independent and later worked on both the Foreign and Parliamentary desks of Ireland's national broadcasting service RTE. He is the author of bestselling biographies of Mary Robinson, Ireland's first woman president and later UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. He has also written biographies of the founding father of the modern Irish state, Sean Lemass and of the playwright Brendan Behan.
