Chronology Entry
Year
1938.03.08
Text
W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood in Hankou. "This is the real capital of war-time China. All kinds of people live in this town – Chiang Kai-shek, Agnes Smedley, Chou En-lai ; generals, ambassadors, journalists, foreign naval officers, soldiers of fortune, airmen, missionaries, spies… The Consul has offered us the hospitality of a big empty room." They visit Bishop Logan H. Roots.
Mentioned People (6)
Auden, W.H.
(York 1907-1973 Wien) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Professor of Poetry, Oxford University ; amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft
Chiang, Kai-shek
(Xigou, Zhejiang 1887-1975 Taipei) : Politiker, General, Staatspräsident von Taiwan
Isherwood, Christopher
(Disley, Cheshire 1904-1986 Santa Monica, Calif.) : Britisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Roots, Logan H.
(Illinois 1870-1945 Mackinac Island, Mich.) : Missionar, Bischof Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of Amrica
Smedley, Agnes
(Campground, Missouri 1892-1950 Oxford) : Journalistin, Schriftstellerin
Zhou, Enlai
(Huaian, Jiangsu 1898-1976 Beijing) : Politiker der Kommunistischen Partei, Premierminister, Aussenminister
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1939 | Auden, W.H. ; Isherwood, Christopher. Journey to a war. (New York, N.Y. : Random House ; London : Faber & Faber, 1939). = Auden, W.H. Journey to a war. (New York, N.Y. : Octagon Books, 1972).= Rev. ed. (London : Faber and Faber, 1973). [Enthält : Sonnets from China].[Bericht über die Jahre 1937-1945]. S. 40-41. | Publication / Aud5 |