Sir Stephen Spender

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1909 - 1995

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

CBE

Description

British poet, literary editor, and critic. During the course of his life he morphed from homosexual (fell in love with Tony Hyndman in 1933, the two living as a same-sex couple 1935–36) to bisexual (married Inez Maria Pearn 1936-1939) to homophobic straight man (married to Jewess Natasha from 1941 until his death). Noted for his work 'Twenty Poems'. The first non-American citizen to serve as Poet in Residence at the Library of Congress. In 1985 won The Golden Pen award.