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Stephen Harold Spender (Kensington, 28 de febrero de 1909-Londres, 16 de julio de 1995), fue un poeta británico. Hijo del escritor y periodista liberal Harold Spender, tuvo tres hermanos: el científico y explorador Michael, el fotógrafo Humphrey y Christine. Estudió en la Escuela Gresham y más tarde en la Universidad de Oxford.
Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (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. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1965.
Poet and critic Stephen Spender was born in 1909 in London. He was a member of the generation of British poets who came to prominence in the 1930s, a group—sometimes referred to as the Oxford Poets—that included W.H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, C. Day Lewis, and Louis MacNeice.
SST is inspired by the cultural activism of Stephen Spender, poet and champion of international literature. We celebrate multilingualism and literary translation through a range of initiatives, including our Poetry in Translation Prize and Creative Translation education programmes.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Stephen Spender (born February 28, 1909, London, England—died July 16, 1995, London) was an English poet and critic, who made his reputation in the 1930s with poems expressing the politically conscience-stricken, leftist “new writing” of that period.
Stephen Spender. País: Inglaterra. Nacimiento: Londres, 28 de febrero de 1909. Defunción: Londres, 16 de julio de 1995. Biografía de Stephen Spender. Tras estudiar en varios colegios, ingresó en el University College de Londres, de donde salió sin graduarse.
Escritor británico, poeta y ensayista, miembro de los poetas «treintistas» y del Partido Comunista. Conoce su vida, su obra y sus traducciones de Lorca, Rilke y Éluard.
