Wilfred Owen was a British poet who wrote some of the best British poetry on World War I. He was born in 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire and died in 1918. Owen initially studied to become a pastor but became disillusioned with religion and turned to poetry. He experienced the horrors of World War I firsthand and used his poetry to depict the grim realities of war. His poems became some of the most famous condemnations of war and descriptions of its psychological and physical impacts on soldiers.

1. Wilfred Owen Birth: 18th March 1893. Place of Birth: Oswestry, Shropshire, UK. - Nationality: British. - Job Title: Lay Worker, Soldier, Poet. - Died: 4th November 1918, UK.

2. Biography Selected Poetry of Wilfred Owen Bibliography

3. Biography Owen was born on 18th March 1893, in Oswestry. Despite giving the impression of being wealthy and upper-middle class, the family was forced to the point of bankruptcy when Owen’s grandfather died.

4. Owen studied at the Birkenhead Institute and later at Shrewsbury Technical School, but his fondest wish was to go a University of Oxford. He lived and worked in the church alongside the Pastor to go a this University .

5. He turned to one of his first loves, poetry. He grew critical of the ecclesiastical establishment and began to turn away from religion. Owen suffered a physical and emotional breakdown . .

6. Owen wrote his first poem about the war, Uriconium. After, in England Owen was aware of the horrors of the war. After a long time, he started to write poems about the suffering that he saw .

7. Owen and Sasson worked together . A few historians have speculated over a possible sexual relationship, it seems as though their relationship was purely one of teacher and pupil.

8. On October 31st 1918, Owen wrote a letter home, describing his time in the cellar of a grand house where his section had been put up. Although still describing the harsh realities of war, his letter was optimist. The war was almost over, the Germans were retreating .

9. Exactly a week later, Owen was shot dead. Owen’s brother took control of his material even all records of his homosexuality were destroyed. His poems were published to a modest reception before fading into obscurited. Index

10. Selected Poetry of Wilfred Owen A Terre Anthem For Doomed Youth Apologia Pro Poemate Meo Arms And The Boy At a Calvary Near the Ancre Conscious Disabled Dulce et Decorum Est

11. Exposure Futility Greater Love Mental Cases On Seeing a Piece of Our Heavy Artillery Smile, Smile, Smile Spring Offensive Strange Meeting Insensibility

12. The Chances The Dead-beat The End The Parable of the Old Man and the Young The Send-off The Sentry The Show Wild with all Regrets The poems of Owen about war, peace and society . Index

13. Bibliography http://www.fyne.co.uk/index.php?item=23 http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/british_poets/wilfred_owen/wilfred_owen_poems/ http://jlg.wiki.zoho.com/Literatura-anglo-americana-de-la-primera-mitad-del-siglo-XX.html Index