Alun Lewis | |
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| Born | 1 July 1915 Cwmaman, Wales |
| Died | 5 March 1944 (aged 28) Burma |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher, soldier |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Period | 1942–1944 |
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| Spouse |
Gweno Lewis
(m. 1941, died) |
Alun Lewis (1 July 1915 – 5 March 1944) was a Welsh poet. He is one of the best-known English-language war poets of the Second World War.[1][2] His poetry centres around a "recurring obsession with the themes of isolation and death."[3]
- ^ "London Review". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ Andrew Sinclair, The War Decade : An Anthology of the 1940s. London; Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0241125677 (p. 47)
- ^ Drabble, Margaret, ed. (1985). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. p. 568.