Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918) was
an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First
World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of
trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend
Siegfried Sassoon and stood in stark contrast to both 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 during the crossing of the Sambre-Oise Canal, exactly
one week (almost to the hour) before the signing of the Armistice
and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant the day after his death.
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