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Wilfred Owen
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English poet and soldier (1893-1918)
Wilfred Owen was an English poet who fought and died in World War I, and his powerful poems about the brutal realities of trench warfare became some of the most important literary works about the war's human cost. His unflinching depictions of suffering and death challenged romantic notions of warfare and continue to be widely read and studied for their emotional impact and artistic achievement.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Owen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Oswestry
- Place of death
- Ors
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Military Cross
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Wilfred Owen plate from Poems (1920).jpg
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- Commons category
- Wilfred Owen
- date of birth
- 1893-03-18
- date of death
- 1918-11-04
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- influenced by
- William Wordsworth
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Wilfred Edward Salter Owen
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- P12749
- Bärenstein
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon and stood in contrast 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". Owen was killed in action on 4 November 1918, a week before the Armistice, at the age of 25.
Early life
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