Tuesday, November 04, 2008

News at Eleven: [Wilfred] Owen was shot dead

on 4 November 1918, just a week before the armistice, but his death seemed no more or less significant than any other soldier's.

Other than colleagues and family, only a few dedicated followers of English letters would have known the young man's name: he had published only five poems before he was killed.

from BBC News: Myth and magic of Wilfred Owen

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