Isaac Rosenberg

Isaac Rosenberg
Self-portrait of Isaac Rosenberg, 1915.
Self-portrait of Isaac Rosenberg, 1915.
Born(1890-11-25)25 November 1890
Bristol, England
Died1 April 1918(1918-04-01) (aged 27)
Fampoux, Pas-de-Calais, France
Cause of deathKilled in action
OccupationPoet, artist

Isaac Rosenberg (25 November 1890 – 1 April 1918) was an English poet and artist. His Poems from the Trenches are recognized as some of the most outstanding poetry written during the First World War.[1]

  1. ^ Moorcroft Wilson, Jean (8 November 2003). "Visions from the trenches". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2009. Isaac Rosenberg was one of the finest and most distinctive poets of the first world war.