Siegfried Sassoon(1886–1967) was a soldier and poet who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry on the Western Front and is most known for his indignant and compassionate poetry about the First World War, which won him public and critical recognition. Sassoon satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and unthinking support of the war, avoiding the romanticism and jingoism of many war poets.
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Siegfried Sassoon(1886–1967) was a soldier and poet who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry on the Western Front and is most known for his indignant and compassionate poetry about the First World War, which won him public and critical recognition. Sassoon satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and unthinking support of the war, avoiding the romanticism and jingoism of many war poets.
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