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Joseph Auslander (October 11, 1897 – June 22, 1965) was an American poet, anthologist, translator of poems, and novelist. Auslander was appointed the first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1937 and 1941.
In 1930, Auslander married Svanhild Kreutz, who died in childbirth two years later, leaving a daughter, Svanhild Frances Martha. In 1932 Auslander was married to Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Audrey Wurdemann.;"Comparing Poems on Like Topics," by Paul Mowbray Wheeler. The English Journal 40 (3): 154–161; 1951 The couple had two children, Louis and Mary. From 1937 to 1941, Auslander was the Poet Laureate Consultant in English Poetry for the Library of Congress. During this time, he and Wurdemann lived at 3117 35th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.
Auslander's best-known work is "The Unconquerables" (1943), a collection of poems addressed to the German-occupied countries of Europe. He served as the poetry editor for the North American Review and The Measure. Auslander was honored with the Robert Frost Prize for Poetry."Joseph Auslander." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000003756/LitRC?u=viva_vcu&sid=LitRC&xid=3eab1bea . Accessed 15 Apr. 2019.
Joseph Auslander died of a heart attack on June 22, 1965, in Coral Gables, Florida.
The papers of Joseph Auslander and Audrey Wurdemann are held at the University of Miami. Additional Auslander papers are held by The Grolier Club.
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