Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his "Soldier's Declaration" of 1917, culminating in his admission to a military psychiatric hospital; this resulted in his forming a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy". - Wikipedia
Siegfried Sassoon
×CloseEnglish war poet and writer (1886–1967)
Born | 8 September 1886 |
Died | 1 September 1967 |
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Siegfried Sassoon
×CloseEnglish war poet and writer (1886–1967)
Born | 8 September 1886 |
Died | 1 September 1967 |
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World War, 1914-1918, Biography, English Poets, Poetry, Poets, English, Poets, biography, Sassoon, siegfried, 1886-1967, Fiction, English Authors, British Personal narratives, English Personal narratives, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Correspondence, Diaries, English War poetry, Fiction, general, Fox hunting, Soldiers, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, short stories, Childhood and youth, English poetry, Personal narratives, Personal narratives, English, Readers (Secondary)People
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), Mangan's sister, John Masefield (1878-1967), Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Freddy Eynsford Hill, G. Meredith, Galatea, George Meredith (1828-1909), Henry Higgins, Joseph Auslander (1897-1965), Max Beerbohm Sir (1872-1956), Michael Thorpe, Mrs. Higgins, Pygmalion, Siegfried SassoonID Numbers
- OLID: OL5609281A
- ISNI: 0000000109232033
- VIAF: 89412247
- Wikidata: Q363729
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q363729
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- Saul Kain, Pynchbeck Lyre, S.H. S.
- Sassoon Seigfried
- Seigfried Sassoon
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