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Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 - 1967
A recording owned by Mrs Olga Ironside Wood
1 January 1967  BBC

Siegfried Sassoon talks about

   Audiomemories of his mother's artisitic activities, organising poetry discussions and tableaux vivants  5 min 46


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Siegfried Sassoon
English poet and novelist

Nicknamed "Mad Jack" for his reckless courage during World War I, Siegfried Sassoon became opposed to the war and started writing antiwar poetry in response to the carnage he witnessed.
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Profile of Siegfried Sassoon

First World War Poetry

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