'kirchstetten, receive an honoured guest' - outdoor brass name plates

The inscription on the tombstone is: WH Auden1907-
1973 The Poet and ManOf letter in order to find the place where he was buried, when you take the road to the church, you need to walk the gate on the right, the plot is on your left, blocked by low stone walls.
From there you can see the edge of the manna Forest, where the land begins to rise, and at this time of the year the leaves on the trees begin to become smooth.
At the end of the morning service last Sunday, about 100 people gathered around Oden's grave.
Above the head, the cloud is moving fast.
The rain is falling and you can feel the first chill of winter in the wind.
A small podium with a microphone and speaker is set up.
First of all, an invited actress read Oden's short poem for J. F. K". (
"So why, why there, why. . . ").
Then the mayor spoke.
The priest said a prayer, and before the two members of the congregation went up to offer wreaths, they sprinkled holy water on the grave.
The 25 th anniversary of WH Auden's death was not noticed in the UK.
But on a one-hour train trip west of Vienna, in the village of kirsherstan, Austria, they are proud to commemorate the poet, he has been his summer home for the last 16 years of his life.
The service is mainly in honor of Auden.
In addition to the course, we read his poem.
Among them, perhaps inevitable, a blues known as the "Funeral Blues", known for its Four Weddings And A Funeral.
When the cemetery ceremony was over, we walked 100 yards to the country inn, where, after a little warmer, a film about Oden was shown on Austrian television on 1967.
The tone of the show is lively, it conveys the feeling of mutual appreciation between British writers and this bourgeois, heterosexual
Little corner of the world
Most importantly, on Auden's 60 th birthday, a delegation led by the mayor came to Auden's house and a young boy and girl solemnly handed over gifts to him.
Auden was clearly moved, and when he thanked every child, he bent down to shake hands with them.
Auden's Volkswagen Beetle has a starring role in which he will drive to the center of kessiden for daily shopping.
As people in the village, there was a whisper of recognition in the room --
Old-
Familiar faces and places.
It wasn't until 1957-year-old Auden bought kirsherstein's property that he had never owned his own.
After leaving Oxford in his 1920 s, he rarely stayed in one place for a long time, his home was in London and New York, where he went to live when World War II broke out, it's all rented.
On 1947, he began to spend the summer in Ischia, the Mediterranean island, living in the rented villa again, but had a quarrel with the landlord, and the other was on a returned check,
The first influx of tourists did not help either.
Most of Oden's cultural heritage dates back to northern Europe.
The limestone landscape of childhood was a recurring theme in his early poems;
He is a student of Norwegian, Goethe and German literature.
He also likes wine and opera, especially Wagner.
He is a famous writer.
So Austria seems to be a place where you can indulge your passion and feel that you belong to yourself, and Kirchner sterten gives him the seclusion and tranquility he needs to work while providing him
Kirchstetten chose Auden because he did not cut off his contact.
Although he is a Catholic and an Anglican, he goes to church every Sunday.
He had his seat in the back, a warm hymn --singer.
"He has been to this inn," said Maria rolinitz, a school teacher who organized a tribute to Auden.
"Sometimes he has to get help again.
"Chester Calman, a less sociable companion who Oden lives with, doesn't seem to make such a good impression.
At the same time, Oden found that although Austrian conservatives hold a moderate view of his way of life (
If everyone thinks about it
There are also quirks like his habit of wearing carpet slippers most of the time.
According to Mrs. rollinitz, the village thought he was important enough to rename the street leading to his house, oddenstras Street, although he was not entirely satisfied with it.
"Only dead people have streets named after them," he said . "
The house surrounded by trees is the last house before the road enters the muddy track.
A brass nameplate on the Post acknowledged its former residents.
After it was first passed to Kallman and then to the family of the Oden Butler, it had two rooms that were rented out by the local council and opened to the public.
These are in the converted attic.
A small museum full of Oden souvenirs and his study.
Orden's Oliveti typewriter was placed on his desk.
There are a few bottles of vermouth and gin at hand.
His books are arranged on the wall, with a separate bookcase filled with unique green --
Penguins with thorns
A crime novel he likes to read.
In the eyes of most critics, the poem Oden wrote in this room
His winter in New York
By contrast, his formerwar work.
As the age grows, the young man's political sense of urgency makes it more quiet and family-friendly.
But it also marks his satisfaction in kirsherstein.
In a poem written in July 1963 entitled "ordinary life", he praised the small windows of builders: "Every family should be a fortress equipped with all the latest engines to protect nature. ".
Oden had just closed kisherstein's house at the end of September 1973, when he died of a heart attack in a hotel room in Vienna.
"He told us that he wanted to be buried here for a typical Austrian funeral," said Mrs. rollinitz . ".
The locals failed him.
As usual, in the days before the funeral, the body was lying in Oden's house, for which he was fully copper --
The band was honored when the cordon walked down Auden Street to White
A walled church with onion domes on top of the spires. The mourners -
Led by Stephen Jude.
In order to listen to the ceremony held by the Anglican Church and the Catholic priest, it was crowded in.
"Earth, receive a noble guest," Oden wrote in the death of WB Yeats.
The honor of Kirchstetten is Auden, and it will not be forgotten.