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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (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".

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Born	18 March 1893 Oswestry, Shropshire
Died	4 November 1918 (aged 25) Sambre–Oise Canal, France
Zodiac	Pisces
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H.G. Wells · Friend · 1866-1946 · English writer edit info

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Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff · Friend · 1889-1930 · British writer edit info

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