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Year

1938.04.22-29

Text

W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood stayed in Hankou.
Interview of Ma Tongna with W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood in Da gong bao included a Chinese rendering of Auden's sonnet together with a manuscript facsimile in modification. They visited the Wuhan University, met Agnes Smedley, Alexander von Falkenhausen and Du Yuesheng.

Mentioned People (5)

Auden, W.H.  (York 1907-1973 Wien) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Professor of Poetry, Oxford University ; amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft

Du, Yuesheng  (1888-1951) : Supporter of Chiang Kai-shek and Guomindang

Falkenhausen, Alexander von  Gut Blumenthal, Neisse, Schlesien 1878-1966 Nassau) : General

Isherwood, Christopher  (Disley, Cheshire 1904-1986 Santa Monica, Calif.) : Britisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller

Smedley, Agnes  (Campground, Missouri 1892-1950 Oxford) : Journalistin, Schriftstellerin

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Great Britain / Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
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. 149, 151, 160. Publication / Aud5