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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wilfred_OwenWilfred Owen - Wikipedia

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   Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier who wrote some of the most influential war poetry of the First World War. He was killed in action in 1918, a week before the war's end, at the age of 25.

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3. www.poetryfoundation.org › poets › wilfred-owenWilfred Owen | The Poetry Foundation

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   Wilfred Owen, who wrote some of the best British poetry on World War I, composed nearly all of his poems in slightly over a year, from August 1917 to September 1918. In November 1918 he was killed in action at the age of 25, one week before the Armistice.

4. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › articlesWho was Wilfred Owen? - BBC Bitesize

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   Learn about Wilfred Owen, a poet who wrote about the horrors of war from his experience serving in the British Army during World War One. Find out how he suffered from shell shock, met another poet, and wrote famous poems like 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and 'Dulce et Decorum est'.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Wilfred-OwenWilfred Owen | WWI soldier, war poet, anti-war activist ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Learn about Wilfred Owen, a British poet who wrote powerful anti-war poems during World War I. Find out about his life, his style, his influence, and his legacy.

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7. interestingliterature.com › 2018/01/10-classic10 Classic Wilfred Owen Poems Everyone Should Read

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   Jan 10, 2018 · A selection of the best poems by Wilfred Owen, the definitive English poet of the First World War. Learn about his themes, styles, and influences, from 'Futility' to 'Strange Meeting'.

8. www.wilfredowen.org.uk › wilfred-owen › biographyBiography | The Wilfred Owen Association

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   Learn about the life and work of Wilfred Owen, one of the greatest voices of the First World War. He wrote poems of pity, horror and indignation, and was killed in action in 1918.

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   Was Wilfred Owen a war poet?

   • Poems(1920), edited by Sassoon, established Owen as a war poet before public interest in the war had diminished in the 1920s. The Poems of Wilfred Owen(1931), edited by Blunden, aroused much more critical attention, especially that of W.H. Audenand the poets in his circle, Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis, Christopher Isherwood, and Louis MacNeice.

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   Who was Wilfred Owen?

   • Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - who was born in Oswestry on the Welsh borders, and brought up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury - is widely recognised as one of the greatest voices of the First World War.

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   What happened to Wilfred Owen?

   • Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo Wilfred Owen, who wrote some of the best British poetry on World War I, composed nearly all of his poems in slightly over a year, from August 1917 to September 1918. In November 1918 he was killed in action at the age of 25, one week before the Armistice.

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   Why did Wilfred Owen write a poem?

   • Later people understood that his poems spoke of the sadness of war and lives lost. He returned to fight in France but was killed a week before the war ended. Wilfred Owen loved the English language and started writing his own poems when he was 17. When war broke out, Wilfred was working as a teacher in France.

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10. www.bbc.co.uk › owen_wilfredBBC - History - Historic Figures: Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)

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    Learn about the life and work of Wilfred Owen, an English poet who wrote about the horrors of war. Find out how he was influenced by Siegfried Sassoon, awarded the Military Cross and killed in action in 1918.