Wilfred Owen date of birth:
March 18, 1893
How old was Wilfred Owen when died?
25
Where was Wilfred Owen born?
Oswestry, Shropshire
When did Wilfred Owen die?
November 4, 1918
Where did Wilfred Owen die?
Sambre–Oise Canal, France
Why did Wilfred Owen die?
Killed In Action
Is Wilfred Owen gay or straight?
Gay
What religion is Wilfred Owen?
Anglican / Episcopalian
What is Wilfred Owen's ethnicity?
White
What is Wilfred Owen nationality?
English
What is Wilfred Owen's occupation?
Poet, Soldier
Wilfred Owen claim to fame:
War Poetry
What genre is Wilfred Owen's work?
War poem
Wilfred Owen brother(s):
Harold Owen (brother) (author)
Wilfred Owen friends:
H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, Osbert Sitwell, Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff
Who has Wilfred Owen worked with?
Rupert Brooke (poet)
Wilfred Owen favorite people?
Siegfried Sassoon (poet)
Short Biography
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 and mentor Siegfried Sassoon, and stood in stark contrast both 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" and "Strange Meeting".