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What's one place where Auden spent his summers?

  • Kirchstetten, Lower Austria

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Kirchstetten, Lower Austria was a place where Auden spent his summers. He was invited to stay there by his friend Christopher Isherwood. Kirchstetten is a small town in the Austrian Alps and is located about an hour outside of Vienna. Auden spent his summers there from 1928 to 1939. He wrote a number of poems about his time there, including "In Memory of W. B.
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