Wilfred Owen

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English poet human poet war poet

Wilfred Owen was a renowned English poet best known for his poignant and powerful World War I poetry that exposed the brutal realities of trench warfare.

Aliases (1)

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English poet → human → poet → war poet →
activePeriod	early 20th century →
awardReceived	Military Cross →
burialPlace	Ors Communal Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	killed in action →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1893-03-18 →
dateOfDeath	1918-11-04 →
educatedAt	Birkenhead Institute → Shrewsbury Technical School →
familyName	Owen →
father	Thomas Owen →
fullName	Wilfred Edward Salter Owen →
genre	lyric poetry → war poetry →
givenName	Wilfred →
hasBrother	Harold Owen →
influenced	20th-century poetry → English war poetry →
influencedBy	Bible → John Keats → Siegfried Sassoon →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryUnit	Manchester Regiment →
mother	Susan Owen →
movement	Georgian poetry → World War I poetry →
name	Wilfred Owen →
notableWork	Anthem for Doomed Youth → Disabled → Dulce et Decorum Est → Exposure → Futility → Strange Meeting →
occupation	poet → soldier →
placeOfBirth	England → Oswestry → Shropshire →
placeOfDeath	France → Sambre–Oise Canal → near Ors →
posthumousRecognition	major English war poet →
rank	lieutenant →
religion	Anglicanism → Christianity →
sexOrGender	male →
theme	horrors of war → pity of war → soldiers’ suffering → trench warfare →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anthem for Doomed Youth → Disabled → Dulce et Decorum Est → Exposure → Futility → Strange Meeting →	author
Susan Owen → Thomas Owen →	child
Shrewsbury → Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England →	hasNotableResident
John Keats → Siegfried Sassoon →	influenced
Georgian poetry →	associatedWith
Ors Communal Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Thomas Owen →	fatherOf
Wilfred Owen ("Wilfred Edward Salter Owen") →	fullName
Owen →	isUsedBy
Wilfred Owen →	name
Birkenhead Institute →	notableAlumnus
Wilfred →	notableBearer
Ors Communal Cemetery →	notableBurial
Sambre–Oise Canal →	notablePersonAssociated
Thomas Owen →	notableRelative
Susan Owen →	relative