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Wilfred Owen

1893 - 1918

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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. 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", "Spring Offensive" and "Strange Meeting". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfred Owen is the 2,725th most popular writer (up from 2,988th in 2019), the 2,265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,184th in 2019) and the 251st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Wilfred Owen ranks 2,725 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Jaromír Erben, Eva Mozes Kor, Patrick O'Brian, Táhirih, Peter Bieri, and Herman Wouk. After him are Michael Ondaatje, Franz Overbeck, Pierre Gringore, Tadeusz Różewicz, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, and Pauline von Metternich.

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Among people born in 1893, Wilfred Owen ranks 126. Before him are José Calvo Sotelo, Jorge Guillén, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, José María Velasco Ibarra, Johannes Dieckmann, and Oskari Friman. After him are Ben Hecht, Vera Kholodnaya, Bekir Çoban-zade, László Hudec, Jean Acker, and Carlo Emilio Gadda. Among people deceased in 1918, Wilfred Owen ranks 97. Before him are Georges Ohnet, Eugene Botkin, Korbinian Brodmann, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, and Eduard, Duke of Anhalt. After him are James Gordon Bennett Jr., Édouard Chavannes, George Tupou II, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Ewald Hering, and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wilfred Owen ranks 2,265 out of 8,785. Before him are Anna Sewell (1820), Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and Stephen Morris (1957). After him are Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Nell Gwyn (1650), Branwell Brontë (1817), Dixie Dean (1907), and George Herbert (1593).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Wilfred Owen ranks 251. Before him are Michael Grant (1914), Thomas Percy (1729), John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), Anna Sewell (1820), and Patrick O'Brian (1914). After him are Branwell Brontë (1817), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Leonard Woolf (1880), and Thomas Otway (1652).

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