Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1896-11-01 - 1974-01-20
Biography
Edmund Charles Blunden, CBE, MC was an English poet, author and critic.
Biography
In August 1915, Blunden was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Sussexx Regiment. He took part in the actions at Ypres and the Somme, winning the Military Cross. Blunden was the longest serving First World War poet, serving almost two years on the front line. His friend Siegfried Sassoon said that the "poet of the war most lastingly obsessed by it."
From the end of the war until 1970, Blunden worked as a poet, literary editor, journalist, biographer and lecturer. He taught in England, Japan, and Hong Kong. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 1966.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, correspondence and photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1981-010
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...
Dates:
1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970
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