[Rarebooks] FS: W. H. Auden Letter: "I simply cannot translate Yevtushenko's poems"

[Charles Agvent]

AUDEN, W. H. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Austria, 16 June 1969. A 
one-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED to a Doubleday editor on 5-3/4" x 8-1/4" 
Hinterholz 6, Kirchstetten stationery, where Auden lived for awhile. He 
is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard. In part: "After various 
attempts, I have come to the conclusion that I simply cannot translate 
Yevtushenko's poems, that is to say, I can find no way of combining in 
English his 'informal' manner with his formal versification. (With 
Voznoshensky, I somehow found that I could).... I'm terribly sorry about 
this, but it is silly to try and hide one's incompetence." SIGNED "W. H. 
Auden," with ink copy notations in another hand at the bottom. With the 
typed envelope. Creases from folding, Very Good. (#020074)        $600

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