Stephen Spender

Sir Stephen Spender CBE
Spender in 1933
Born	(1909-02-28)28 February 1909 Kensington, London, England
Died	16 July 1995(1995-07-16) (aged 86) St John's Wood, London, England
Occupation	Poet, novelist, essayist
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
Spouse	Inez Pearn ​ ​ (m. 1936; div. 1939)​ Natasha Litvin ​ (m. 1941)​
Children	Elizabeth Matthew

Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) 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.