Sassoon photographed in 1915 by George Charles Beresford
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
(m. 1933)
Separated around 1945.
Children
George
Relatives
Sassoon family
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1914–1919
Rank
Captain
Unit
Sussex Yeomanry
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Battles/wars
First World War
Awards
Military Cross
Siegfried Loraine SassoonCBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front,[1] 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.[2] 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 he 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.
^Sassoon, Siegfried. "Journal, 26 June 1916 – 12 August 1916". Cambridge Digital Library. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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