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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 de setembro de 1886 — 1 de setembro de 1967) foi um poeta inglês. Ficou conhecido como escritor de sátiras AntiGuerra em poesia, durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial . Mais tarde foi aclamado por seu trabalho em prosa, sua autobiografia ficcional de três volumes, conhecida como "Sherston Trilogy".
Siegfried Sassoon is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war.
5 de abr. de 2024 · Siegfried Sassoon (born Sept. 8, 1886, Brenchley, Kent, Eng.—died Sept. 1, 1967, Heytesbury, Wiltshire) was an English poet and novelist, known for his antiwar poetry and for his fictionalized autobiographies, praised for their evocation of English country life. Sassoon enlisted in World War I and was twice wounded seriously while serving as ...
Há 4 dias · Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 in Kent. His father was part of a Jewish merchant family, originally from Iran and India, and his mother part of the artistic Thorneycroft family.
10 de set. de 2016 · It’s rich, haunting, and bursting with the enormities of war. The Dug-Out. You are too young to fall asleep for ever; And when you sleep you remind me of the dead. ‘The Dug-Out’ is perhaps my favourite of all of Sassoon’s poetry and one which stands out to me against his others, in all its confusion and sorrow.
Siegfried Sassoon was born at Weirleigh outside of the village of Matfield in Kent on 8th September 1886 to Alfred Ezra Sassoon, a member of a wealthy Jewish merchant family, and to Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, who came from a family of prominent sculptors. Theresa was an Anglo-Catholic, and her marriage to Alfred resulted in his being ...
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) was born into a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family and his early life was comfortable and leisured, dominated by sports and country pursuits. However, his poetic leanings were present even during this carefree period: the young Siegfried loved books and literature and said his only desire in life was to be a poet.
