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

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ War Poets and Artists]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wilfred-owen
* http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/owen_wilfred.shtml

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