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...
Friends, Associates
Penelope Mortimer
When PM
met Stephen Spender
, he was groaning about someone raving about some trash which she immediately identified as [m]y book.
Mortimer, Penelope. About Time Too: 1940-1978. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Emily Spender
ES
's sister-in-law, the former Lily Headland
, became first an essayist as the Rev. L. Spender, then a novelist as Mrs John Kent Spender or Mrs Lily Spender. She was also grandmother...
Dedications
Iris Murdoch
It was dedicated to the poet Stephen Spender
and his wife Natasha
.