Stephen Spender
February 28, 1909 – July 16, 1995
Place of Birth:
Kensington, London, England
Place of Death:
St John's Wood, London, England
Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist, and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.