Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was a British poet and novelist who is best known today for his poems delving into the horrors of World War One. Born in 1886 to an affluent family, Sassoon's greatest passions were poetry and hunting. His early pre-war work—including the collections Twelve Sonnets (1911), Melodies (1912), An Ode for Music (1912), and Hyacinth (1912)—focused on music and the beauty of the natural world. The poet's own first name came from his mother's love of Wagner's operas. Following his...