Auden, W.H. ( (1907–1973). Typed Letter Signed - THE POET WANTS CLAMS!. An amusing TLS on Christ Church Oxford letterhead from 1959 to the U.S. Embassy stating he is giving an Anglo-American dinner in honor of Professor Louis Kronenberger but he wants to serve clams for the first course and was informed that special permission must be granted from the Board of Trade in order to import them. Signed in green fountain pen ink at the conclusion; "W. H. Auden." A charming letter from the British-American poet who evidently took his dinner parties very seriously!
Auden, W.H. ( (1907–1973). Typed Letter Signed - THE POET WANTS CLAMS!. An amusing TLS on Christ Church Oxford letterhead from 1959 to the U.S. Embassy stating he is giving an Anglo-American dinner in honor of Professor Louis Kronenberger but he wants to serve clams for the first course and was informed that special permission must be granted from the Board of Trade in order to import them. Signed in green fountain pen ink at the conclusion; "W. H. Auden." A charming letter from the British-American poet who evidently took his dinner parties very seriously!