Wilfred Owen
'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.'
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was born to Thomas and Susan Owen on the 18th of March 1893 near Oswestry, Shropshire. Upon the death of Owens's grandfather in 1897, the Owen family were forced to move from the house he had owned in Oswestry to lodgings in Birkenhead (1898), Merseyside, and it was in the Birkenhead Institute that Owen's education began. In 1907, when Thomas Owen was appointed Assistant Superintendent for the Western Region of the railways, the family moved to Shrewsbury where Owen's education continued at the Shrewsbury Borough Technical School. Upon leaving school at 18, Owen spent a period of months working as a pupil-teacher at Wyle Cop School. In the autumn he passed the matriculation examination for the University of London but without the first class honours needed to gain a scholarship. Unable to afford to study, he worked as lay assistant to the Vicar of Dunsden near Reading. In his spare time he also attended University College, Reading, and is known to have studied the diverse subjects of botany and poetry. Between 1913 and 1915 Owen travelled to Bordeaux,…
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| 1 | Wilfred Owen | Professor Jon Stallworthy, editor and biographer of Wilfred Owen, introduces one of the most… | Jon Stallworthy |
| 2 | War Poetry | Dr Mark Rawlinson explores the relationship between War and War Poetry using Owen's famous 'Preface… | Mark Rawlinson |
| 3 | An Introduction to Teaching Wilfred Owen | Wilfred Owen has always been one of my favourite writers to teach, because his poetry is like a… | Lucy Freeland |
| 4 | Teaching materials by Lucy Freeland | A sample of teaching material used with a class of Yr 9 students studying First World War poetry… | Lucy Freeland |
| 5 | Teaching materials by Lucy Freeland | Lucy Freeland | |
| 6 | Portraits of Wilfred Owen | By Félicia Laude Acrylic paint and ink on dyed linen, 2018, 150 x 230 cm. Executed on a… | Félicia Laude |
| 7 | Kouni gnani yli yégé | By Nadia Ogou Batik, serigraphy and installation, 2018, 225 x 125 cm The artist's text… | Nadia Ogou |
| 8 | Le masque forestier | By Mathilde Blondeel Colour pencils, 2018, 42 x 29.7 cm based on vegetal material collected… | Mathilde Blondeel |
| 9 | Wilfred Owen: Resonances | Owen's enduring legacy comes in a variety of shapes and forms, from Benjamin Britten's War Requiem… | Brigitte Friant-Kessler |
| 10 | Teaching plan | Handout for teachers |