Poet & critic

Stephen Spender

One of the 1930s Auden group, he co-edited Encounter for seventeen years and resigned when it emerged the CIA had been funding it.

Sir Stephen Harold Spender was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1965.

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Born
1909-02-28, London, EnglandA Sunday
Died
1995-07-16, London, EnglandA Sunday, aged 86
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
Nationality
United Kingdom
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1909-02-28, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces9°16′Direct
MoonGemini25°43′Direct
MercuryAquarius14°14′Direct
VenusAquarius24°16′Direct
MarsCapricorn2°57′Direct
JupiterVirgo9°37′Retrograde
SaturnAries8°54′Direct
UranusCapricorn19°47′Direct
NeptuneCancer14°29′Retrograde
PlutoGemini23°48′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1995-07-16, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer23°27′Direct
MoonPisces17°33′Direct
MercuryCancer10°22′Direct
VenusCancer13°41′Direct
MarsVirgo27°07′Direct
JupiterSagittarius5°59′Retrograde
SaturnPisces24°40′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn28°42′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn24°10′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio27°57′Retrograde

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