In England in the 1930s WHA
worked as a private tutor and as a master at successive boys' prep schools (teaching pupils of up to thirteen). In 1935 he ceased to be a teacher and...
Friends, Associates
W. H. Auden
It was during his undergraduate years that WHA
formed close friendships with his near-contemporary and fellow writer Christopher Isherwood
and with fellow poet Stephen Spender
. For a while these three were seen as a...
Textual Production
W. H. Auden
WHA
wrote film poems or scripts for two famous documentaries made by the General Post Office Film Unit
, Night Mail and Coal Face. Letters from Iceland (below) which appeared in print on 6...
Timeline
1932: The GPO Film Unit was created under John...
Building item
1932
The GPO Film Unit
was created under John Grierson
and composed of members of the intellectual Left. They created documentaries on social concerns in Britain during the 30s, which were often experimental and avant-garde.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
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Later 1936: The General Post Office Film Unit under John...