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Siegfried Sassoon
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English war poet and writer (1886-1967)
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Siegfried Sassoon was a British writer, poet, reporter, and military personnel. Born in Matfield on 8 September 1886, he was educated at Marlborough College and Clare College, University of Cambridge. He served as a captain in the British Army during World War I. His notable works include *Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man*, *Recreations*, *Sherston's Progress*, *The Weald Of Youth*, and *Fright in the Forest*.
Sassoon received several awards, including the Military Cross, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. He was influenced by Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster, Robert Graves, and Henry Vaughan. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Cambridge University Library, Imperial War Museum London, and New York Public Library Main Branch. He died in Heytesbury on 1 September 1967 and was buried in Somerset.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 September 1886
- Died
- 1 September 1967
- Works
- 177
Top works
- Recreations
- Sherston's progress
- The Weald Of Youth
- Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
- fright in the forest
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Key facts
- Born
- Siegfried Loraine Sassoon , ( 1886-09-08 ) 8 September 1886, Matfield , Kent, England
- Died
- 1 September 1967 (1967-09-01) (aged 80), Heytesbury , Wiltshire, England
- Pen name
- Saul Kain Pinchbeck Lyre
- Occupation
- Soldier war poet writer
- Education
- Clare College, Cambridge Marlborough College New Beacon School
- Genre
- Poetry fiction biography
- Notable works
- The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston
- Spouse
- Hester Gatty ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1945 )
- Children
- George
- Relatives
- Sassoon family
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1914–1919
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- Sussex Yeomanry Royal Welch Fusiliers
- Conflicts
- First World War
- Awards
- Military Cross
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Siegfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Matfield
- Place of death
- Heytesbury
- Spouse
- Stephen Tennant
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Marlborough College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Hawthornden Prize
- Notable work
- Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
- Family
- Sassoon family
- Genre
- daily newspaper
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- Siegfried Sassoon by George Charles Beresford (1915).jpg
- Residence
- Matfield
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- Commons category
- Siegfried Sassoon
- date of birth
- 1886-09-08
- date of death
- 1967-09-01
- influenced by
- Edmund Gosse
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- place of burial
- Somerset
- unmarried partner
- Stephen Tennant
- Commons Creator page
- Siegfried Sassoon
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Khyal
- birth name
- Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Siegfried Sassoon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war with his "Soldier's Declaration" of July 1917, which resulted in his being sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital. During this period, Sassoon met and formed a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume, fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the Sherston trilogy, which is made up of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1928), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) and Sherston's Progress (1936). Sassoon is also known for his poetry collection The Old Huntsman (1917).
Early life
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