Autograph Letter Signed W. H. Auden to Stella Musulin 1970-06-10

PIDhttps://hdl.handle.net/21.11115/0000-000E-C314-F
Author
Editor(s)Mayer, Sandra; Frühwirth, Timo; Grigoriou, Dimitra
PublisherAustrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Vienna 2024
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Source Information
  • State Collections of Lower Austria
  • Stella Musulin (Depot)
  • St. Pölten
Origin
  • 1970-06-10
  • Hinterholz 6
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Cite this Source (Chicago Manual of Style)Auden, W. H.; Musulin, Stella1970/2024. "Autograph Letter Signed W. H. Auden to Stella Musulin 1970-06-10." In Auden Musulin Papers: A Digital Edition of W. H. Auden's Letters to Stella Musulin, edited by Sandra Mayer, Timo Frühwirth, Dimitra Grigoriou, Edward Mendelson, Peter Andorfer and Daniel Elsner. Vienna: Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Austrian Academy of Sciences. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11115/0000-000E-C314-F.

Sent at:
  • Postamt Kirchstetten (post office Kirchstetten)
Sent from:
  • Kirchstetten
Sent at:
  • 1970-06-10
Received by:
Received at:
  • Neulinggasse 26

Translation recd.
Wedding nearKrems

Die Baronin
Stella Musulin
1030 Wien
Neulinggasse 26/14

WH Auden
3062 KIRCHSTETTEN
BEZ. ST. PÖLTEN
HINTERHOLZ 6
N.-Ö., AUSTRIA

July June 10th 3062 KIRCHSTETTEN
BEZ. ST. PÖLTEN
HINTERHOLZ 6
N.-Ö., AUSTRIA


Dear Stella

Translation just received. Thanks
e million.

On Saturday Chester and I have
to attend a wedding []near
Krems at 3·0.p.m,which means
we shall have to lunch at 12·0,
Could you possibly make that?
If not,perhaps you could come
on Monday,if ·retur: or whichever day
you will be returning to Vienna
from Fridau.

love and again thanks ever
so much

Wystan

Translation | You're an angel

According to her memoir "The Years in Austria" (26), Stella Musulin translated W. H. Auden's speech "Freedom and Necessity in the Arts". This translated speech he delivered at Lyrik 70 and was published, without a title or indication of the translator, in the first issue of the literary journal Podium.

External Evidence: ph_025