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English poet and author Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) wearing his army uniform. His experiences in the First World War resulted in his hatred of war, which he expressed in much of his work.

Some of Siegfried Sassoon's diaries still bear marks of mud and candle wax from World War I. An officer in the British forces, Sassoon was also a poet—among the group whose work vividly captured ...

The hell where youth and laughter go. A decorated veteran of the Western Front before he turned conscientious objector, Sassoon knew of what he spoke. Sprinkling passages of his poetry over somber ...

UK poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same Now in select theaters, ‘Benediction’ deals with its subject’s antiwar stance and homosexuality in WWI ...

With the gay English poet Siegfried Sassoon as the subject of "Benediction," Terence Davies has found a worthy rebel castigating British classicism and sexual mores. ... not wanting to execute a war ...

“Benediction,” Terence Davies’ achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure. The pleasure and the ...

Nearly two dozen diaries and notebooks of Siegfried Sassoon – among a handful of prominent soldier-poets whose artistic sensibilities were forged in the trenches of World War I – are being ...

British poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same. A conscientious objector to WWI, Sassoon became an activist through his poetry – while living as a ...

Film & TV British poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same. A conscientious objector to WWI, Sassoon became an activist through his poetry – while living as ...