Wilfred Owen
English poet and soldier (1893-1918) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 25
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War.
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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" and "Strange Meeting". Owen was killed in action on 4 November 1918, a week before the Armistice, at the age of 25.
