that night when joy began w h auden
W. H. Auden. Wystan Hugh Auden (/ËwÉªstÉn ËhjuË ËÉËdÉn/; 21 February 1907 â 29 September 1973) was an English poet, who later became an American citizen. He was born in York, grew up in and near Birmingham in a professional middle-class family. He attended English independent (or public) schools and studied English at Christ Church, Oxford.