"FANCY CHARLES BICKNELL HAVING £20,000 TO LEAVE" AUDEN (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973, British born American Poet)

Fine Autograph Letter signed 'Wystan Auden' to Mrs Fletcher thanking her for her "fascinating letter ... which has just reached me. Fancy Charles Bicknell having £20,000 to leave! Next time I am in London, I shall certainly get in touch with Mr Mawdesley, so that I can see the portrait of C.B. Thank you for making this possible. I have had a letter from an American lady whose great-grandfather married a younger sister of Maria Bicknell ...", 1 side folio, Kirchstetten, Austria heaaded paper, 19th July no year but circa

Auden is now considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. From 1958 until the end of his life he wintered in New York (in Oxford in 1972–73) and summered in Kirchstetten, Lower Austria.

Item Date:  1960

Stock No:  40855      £675

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