Siegfried Sassoon
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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described
Portrait by George Charles Beresford, 1915
Sassoon (front) with his brother Hamo and other students on the morning after a college May Ball at Cambridge University in 1906
Portrait of Sassoon by Glyn Warren Philpot, 1917 (Fitzwilliam Museum)
An agreement from Arthur Quiller-Couch to Sassoon to write for the Daily Herald
Benediction (film)
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Benediction is a 2021 biographical romantic drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It stars Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi as the war poet Siegfried Sassoon, along with Simon Russell Beale,
Siegfried Sassoon
…at the hospital. Matthew Staite stars as Owen and Sid Phoenix as Sassoon. Peter Capaldi and Jack Lowden portrayed Sassoon in Terence Davies' 2021 film Benediction. Timothy Renouf portrayed Sassoon in The Laureate, a 2021 biographical film about Robert Graves…
Theatrical release poster