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[[File:siegfriedsassoon.png|200px|thumb|left|Siegfried Sassoon]]

==Country==

Great Britain

==Birth - Death==

1886 - 1967

==Occupation==

Poet

==Notable Achievements==

CBE, MC

==Description==

Poet, who developed an intense hatred for Germans in the war after they killed his lover David Thomas at Gallipoli, thereby earning him significant popularity and fame.  Particularly popular poems included 'The Old Huntsman' (1917) and 'Counter-Attack' (1918). Younger years lived as an avowed homosexual, but later years as a conservative aristocrat.  Autobiographical trilogy 'The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston' won him several awards, including the James Tait Black Award for fiction (1928). Recipient of numerous military honours.  In 2019, a lost poem to another of his lovers, [[Glen Byam Shaw]], was discovered by a PhD research student.  Subject of the biography 'Siegfried Sassoon: Soldier, Poet, Lover, Friend', and the feature film 'Benediction' (2021).  

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ War Poets and Artists]]
* [[The Bloomsbury Group in LGBTQ History]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/siegfried-sassoon
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/sassoon_siegfried.shtml
* https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/09/student-discovers-new-siegfried-sassoon-love-poem
* https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/2/10/watch-benediction-trailer-biopic-gay-wwi-poet-siegfried-sassoon

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