Wilfred Owen
Poet, Author
1893 – 1918
Who was Wilfred Owen?
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend and mentor Siegfried Sassoon, and stood in stark contrast both to the public perception of war at the time and to the confidently patriotic verse written by earlier war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Among his best-known works – most of which were published posthumously – are "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting".
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1893
Oswestry - Also known as
- Wilfred Edward Salter Owen
- Owen, Wilfred
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- University of Reading
- Died
- Nov 4, 1918
Sambre–Oise Canal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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