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Stephen Spender

1909 - 1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Spender has received more than 786,801 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Stephen Spender is the 5,635th most popular writer (down from 5,368th in 2019), the 4,347th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,369th in 2019) and the 490th most popular British Writer.

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  • 27

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Notable Works

The temple
English Poets, Fiction, History
1988
The destructive element
History and criticism, English literature, American literature
1935
World within world
Biography, Critics, English Poets
1951
Poems
Poetry, English poetry
1933
The burning cactus
1936
Poetry since 1939
History and criticism, English poetry
1946
Leaves of Grass
Manuscripts, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gay poets
**Leaves of Grass** is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. First published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting *Leaves of Grass*, revising it multiple times until his death. There have been held to be either six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass, the count varying depending on how they are distinguished.[2] This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first edition being a small book of twelve poems, and the last, a compilation of over 400. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass))
1855
Complete prose works
1881
Poems
Poetry, English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1933
Drum-taps
Poetry, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
"Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' Whitman's passionate elegy for Lincoln. The most moving and enduring poetry to emerge from America's most tragic conflict, Drum-Taps also helped to create a new, modern poetry of war, a poetry not just of patriotic exhortation but of somber witness. Drum-Taps is thus a central work not only of the Civil War but of our war-torn times. But Drum-Taps as readers know it from Leaves of Grass is different from the work of 1865. Whitman cut and reorganized the book, reducing its breadth of feeling and raw immediacy. This edition, the first to present the book in its original form since its initial publication 150 years ago, is a revelation, allowing one of Whitman's greatest achievements to appear again in all its troubling glory"--Page [4] of cover.
1865
Calamus
Correspondence, American Poets
*Hijos de Adán (Children of Adam)* y *Cálamo (Calamus)* son dos de las secciones añadidas al poemario *Hojas de hierba (Leaves of Grass)* en su tercera edición (1860). El libro incluye además otros relatos de Walt Whitman. En *Hijos de Adán* Whitman canta al cuerpo, al amor, a la fecundidad y a la vida. *Cálamo* (nombre de una planta muy conocida en algunos lugares de América) celebra la camaradería universal y el amor entre todos los hombres.
1897
The Wound Dresser
American Poets, Correspondence, History
First published in 1897, "The Wound Dresser" contains a collection of Walt Whitman's letters written from hospitals in Washington during the American civil war. This fascinating volume offers a unique glimpse into Whitman's experiences volunteering as a nurse in army hospitals during the American civil war, providing the reader with a telling insight into the mind of America's greatest poet. "The Wound Dresser" was published posthumously by Whitman's literary executor Richard Maurice Bucke.
1898

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stephen Spender ranks 5,635 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliverio Girondo, Christoph Hein, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Anna Louisa Karsch, André Dhôtel, and Wolfgang Hohlbein. After him are Olavi Paavolainen, Karin Slaughter, Jerry Falwell, Masih Alinejad, Eugène Dabit, and Zitkala-Sa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stephen Spender ranks 352. Before him are Michio Mado, Alex Raymond, Gregorio Blasco, Karel Burkert, Vlasta Děkanová, and Sabir Yunusov. After him are Archie Cochrane, Colin Munro MacLeod, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Robert Burks, Mohamed Latif, and Eleanor Garatti. Among people deceased in 1995, Stephen Spender ranks 272. Before him are Margaret Woodbridge, Paul A. Rothchild, José Luis González Dávila, Phil Harris, Maino Neri, and Sabir Yunusov. After him are Don Patinkin, Iosif Kheifits, Giovanni Giacomazzi, Torfi Bryngeirsson, T. Keith Glennan, and Rauf Hajiyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 4,347 out of 8,785. Before him are William Henry Dean (1887), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Michael Crawford (1942), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Thomas Henderson (1798), and Simon Donaldson (1957). After him are Conleth Hill (1964), James Corden (1978), Adam Godley (1964), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), and Boz Burrell (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Spender ranks 490. Before him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), George Lillo (1691), Mark Haddon (1962), Terence Rattigan (1911), John Gardner (1926), and Richard D. Ryder (1940). After him are George William Russell (1867), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), and William Michael Rossetti (1829).

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