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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Siegfried_SassoonSiegfried Sassoon - Wikipedia

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   Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, [1] he became one of the leading poets of the First World War.

2. www.poetryfoundation.org › poets › siegfried-sassoonSiegfried Sassoon | Poetry Foundation

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   Learn about the life and poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, a prominent war poet and novelist who protested the war and wrote realistically about trench warfare. Explore his autobiographical novels, his critical biography of George Meredith, and his religious poems.

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   Learn about the life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, an English war poet and novelist who wrote about his experiences in World War One. Find out how he became a pacifist, influenced Wilfred Owen, and converted to Catholicism.

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5. interestingliterature.com › 2016/09/10-siegfried10 Siegfried Sassoon Poems Everyone Should Read

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   Sep 10, 2016 · A guest post by Grace Freeman that introduces ten of the best poems by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon. Learn about his life, his influence on Owen, and his themes of satire, truth, and loss.

6. www.britannica.com › biography › Siegfried-SassoonSiegfried Sassoon | World War I, Poet, Memoirist | Britannica

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   Apr 5, 2024 · Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet and novelist, known for his antiwar poetry and for his fictionalized autobiographies, praised for their evocation of English country life. Sassoon enlisted in World War I and was twice wounded seriously while serving as an officer in France. It was his antiwar.

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8. ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk › ww1lit › collectionsThe Siegfried Sassoon Collection | First World War Poetry ...

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   Learn about the life and work of Siegfried Sassoon, a prominent First World War poet and pacifist. Explore his biography, his poems, and his declaration against the war on this digital archive.

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   May 20, 2022 · Learn about the life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, one of the most influential anti-war poets of the First World War. Discover how he wrote, fought and spoke out against the horrors of the conflict, and how he influenced Wilfred Owen.

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    Who was Siegfried Sassoon?

    • Declaration against the War Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886–1967) Siegfried Sassoon was born at Weirleigh outside of the village of Matfield in Kent on 8th September 1886 to Alfred Ezra Sassoon, a member of a wealthy Jewish merchant family, and to Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, who came from a family of prominent sculptors.

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    How many war poems did Siegfried Sassoon write?

    • The later collection The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon included 64 poems of the war, most written while Sassoon was in hospital recovering from his injuries. Public reaction to Sassoon’s poetry was fierce.

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    Did Sassoon have German ancestry?

    • There was no German ancestry in Sassoon's family; his mother named him Siegfried because of her love of Wagner 's operas. His middle name, Loraine, was the surname of a clergyman she respected. Siegfried was the second of three sons, the others being Michael and Hamo. When he was four years old his parents separated.

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    How did Siegfried Sassoon die?

    • He is one of the few poets of his generation we are really unable to do without.” Sassoon died in 1967 from stomach cancer. His papers are held at University of Cambridge. Siegfried Sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim.

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