So, she arose after midnight, went to her typewriter, and — in 20 minutes — wrote what was to become the most famous poem of World War II. This week’s “What’s Your KCQ?” explores the ...

On the day the Germans marched into Poland and began World War II ... as an unofficial prologue to Auden’s famous poem on the beginning of the war, “September 1, 1939,” and as an ...

As Leningrad sifted through the rubble and began its long recovery from the Nazi’s 900-day Siege during World War II, people would greet the poet Olga Berggolts and thank her for the poems they ...