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Wilfred Owen
English poet and soldier (1893–1918)
For the politician, see Wilfrid Owen.
Wilfred Edward Salter OwenMC (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", "Spring Offensive" and "Strange Meeting". Owen was killed in action on 4 November 1918, a week before the war's end, at the age of 25.
Early life
Owen was born on 18 March 1893 at Plas Wilmot, a house in Weston Lane, near Oswestry in Shropshire. He was the eldest of Thomas and (Harriett) Susan Owen (née
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Owen, Wilfred
By Jane Potter
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
The poet soldier Wilfred Owen photographed in uniform.
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IWM (Q 101783), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205235090.
Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter
British Poet
Born 18 March 1893 in Plas Wilmot, Oswestry, England
Died 04 November 1918 in Sambre-Oise Canal, Ors, France
Summary
Wilfred Owen was a poet and soldier who wrote some of the most memorable poems of the First World War. His theme of "the pity of war" continues to influence the cultural memory of 1914-18 and to shape ideas of war itself.Early years (1893-1914)
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was born to Susan and Tom Owen on 18 March 1893 at Plas Wilmot, Oswestry, Shropshire. An avid reader and devotee of poetry, Owen was educated at the Birkenhead Institute and at Shrewsbury Borough Technical School. He hoped to proceed to university, but having failed to win a scholarship to the University of Lo
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Wilfred Owen: Life
Wilfred Owen: before the war
Wilfred Owen was born on 18 March 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire, to parents Thomas and Susan. Owen attended Birkenhead Institute school, shortly before moving to Shrewsbury Technical School, due to his family relocating. For higher education, Wilfred Owen attended University College in Reading, shortly matriculating at the University of London. Wilfred Owen then moved to France, where he became a language tutor.
Wilfred Owen: war begins
World War I began in 1914, and Wilfred Owen returned to England from France in 1915 to officially enlist. Owen was greatly affected by his experiences in the War and went on to write about these experiences in letters that he sent home as well as in his poetry.
Wilfred Owen: returning home
In a letter that he wrote on 4 February 1917, Wilfred Owen communicated how he felt about the War and its conditions:1
Everything is unnatural, broken, blasted; the distortion of the dead, whose unbe