Wilfred Owen

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Lieutenant Wilfred Owen

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1893 - 1918

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

MC

Description

One of the leading war poets of the First World War. Notable for "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting". Killed in action. His realistic writing on the horrors of war contrasted with the popular patriotic verses of the day. Much of his poetry contains homoerotic overtones. Died in action in the last week of the Great War. Most of his poems were published posthumously. Recipient of the Military Cross. Had a close personal relationship with another war poet, Siegried Sassoon.

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