Joseph Auslander Explained

Joseph Auslander
Birth Date:1897 10, mf=y
Death Place:Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Spouse:Audrey Wurdemann

Joseph Auslander (October 11, 1897 – June 22, 1965) was an American poet, anthologist, translator of poems, and novelist. Auslander was appointed the first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1937 and 1941.

Life

Joseph Auslander was born to Louis and Martha (Asyueck) Auslander on October 11, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1917, and in 1919 became an instructor in English at Harvard while engaged in graduate studies. From 1921 to 1922 he attended the Sorbonne in Paris on a Parker fellowship.[1]

In 1930, Auslander married Svanhild Kreutz, who died in childbirth two years later, leaving a daughter, Svanhild Frances Martha. In 1932 Auslander was married to Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Audrey Wurdemann.;[2] The couple had two children, Louis and Mary.[3] From 1937 to 1941, Auslander was the Poet Laureate Consultant in English Poetry for the Library of Congress.[4] During this time, he and Wurdemann lived at 3117 35th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.[5]

Auslander's best-known work is "The Unconquerables" (1943), a collection of poems addressed to the German-occupied countries of Europe. He served as the poetry editor for the North American Review and The Measure.[6] Auslander was honored with the Robert Frost Prize for Poetry.[7]

Joseph Auslander died of a heart attack on June 22, 1965, in Coral Gables, Florida.[8]

The papers of Joseph Auslander and Audrey Wurdemann are held at the University of Miami.[9] Additional Auslander papers are held by The Grolier Club.[10]

Works

Kessinger Publishing, 2004,

Other sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Auslander Pennsylvania Center for the Book. pabook.libraries.psu.edu. 2019-04-15.
  2. "Comparing Poems on Like Topics," by Paul Mowbray Wheeler. The English Journal 40 (3): 154–161; 1951
  3. News: Joseph Auslander, Poet, Is Dead; Writer of Lyric Verse Was 67. 23 June 1965. New York Times. Obituary. 41.
  4. Web site: Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry: Past Poets Laureate, 1937-1960 (The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress). www.loc.gov. 2019-04-15.
  5. Web site: DC Writer's Homes - An Online Guide to Where Authors Lived in the Greater Washington DC Region . Dcwriters.poetrymutual.org . 2013-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193524/http://dcwriters.poetrymutual.org/pages/auslander-wurdemann.html . 2013-10-29 . dead .
  6. Web site: Auslander, Joseph Beltway Poetry Quarterly. www.beltwaypoetry.com. 2019-04-15.
  7. "Joseph Auslander." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000003756/LitRC?u=viva_vcu&sid=LitRC&xid=3eab1bea . Accessed 15 Apr. 2019.
  8. News: Joseph Auslander, Poet, Is Dead; Writer of Lyric Verse Was 67. 23 June 1965. New York Times. Obituary. 41.
  9. Web site: Auslander, Joseph and Audrey Wurdemann | University of Miami Finding Aids . Proust.library.miami.edu . 2013-10-26.
  10. Web site: Finding Aids - The Grolier Club 2018. www.grolierclub.org. 2019-04-15.

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