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Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.

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  • Edmund Blunden
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  • Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.
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  • Poems 1913 and 1914; An Elegy and Other Poems; Cricket Country; Poems on Japan
Birth Date
  • 1896-11-01(xsd:date)
death place
  • Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Spouse
  • Claire Margaret Poynting
  • Mary Daines
  • Sylva Norman
Name
  • Edmund Blunden
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
Education
resting place
  • Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
Birth Place
  • London, England
Partner
  • Aki Hayashi
Awards
  • Military Cross; C.B.E.; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
death date
  • 1974-01-20(xsd:date)
Children
  • seven
Occupation
  • Poet, author
Nationality
  • British
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  • Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.
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