威斯坦·休·奥登(WystanHughAuden,1907-1973),英国出生的美国诗人,剧作家,文学评论家,被认为是艾略特以后在英美最有影响的英语诗人。他的著名诗篇《死亡之舞》和《双重人》为他奠定了20世纪文坛上的地位。他创作的反映美苏冷战的诗作《忧虑的时代》为其赢得了普利策奖,其中的诗句至今还时常被人们所引用。他的一部声援中国抗日战争谴责日本侵略暴行的《战地行》,使中国人民认识了这位内心中充满哲理和正义感的作家。 Wystan Haugh Auden (1907-1973), a British-born American poet, playwright and literary critic, is considered the most influential English poet in the Anglo-American era. His famous poem “Dance of Death” and “Double Guy” laid him the position of the 20th century literary world. He created the Pulitzer Prize for his Pulitzer Prize, the “era of anxiety” reflecting the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The poem is still often cited by people. His “battlefield trip” in solidarity with China in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression condemned Japan’s atrocities of aggression made the Chinese people understand this author full of philosophical and sense of justice.