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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier.Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, [1] he became one of the leading poets of the First World War.
The Sassoons were among those whose assets were confiscated, and in 1966 Elias and his wife were taken to the port of Alexandria and expelled from the country. Elias' wife, who was an Egyptian citizen, was declared a non-citizen, and at the Egyptian government's declaration, Elias' Syrian citizenship was revoked.
In Sassoon's autobiography (under the guise of The Memoirs of George Sherston) Rivers is one of the few characters to retain their original names. There is a whole chapter devoted to Rivers and he is immortalised by Sassoon as a near demi-god who saved his life and his soul. Sassoon wrote: I would very much like to meet Rivers in the next life.
Sassoon was diagnosed with war neurosis by the military review board following a dramatic anti-war declaration in May 1917. He was ordered to receive treatment at Craiglockheart War Hospital headed by Rivers. [9] It is difficult to tell of Sassoon was truly suffering from war neurosis.
Liberal Member of Parliament Hastings Lees-Smith read out Siegfried Sassoon's statement of protest, Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration, in the British House of Commons. [152] Died: Harrison Gray Otis, American publisher, established the Los Angeles Times (b.
Here are three government exhibits, according to Sassoon, that were particularly damning for the former crypto mogul. 'Alameda's giant line of credit' GX-5 Download
Jack Lowden illuminates Sassoon's struggles with his sexuality, his art and his destiny in this moving, intensely personal drama from Terence Davies ('The House of Mirth,' 'A Quiet Passion').
Sassoon becomes friends with another patient, Wilfred Owen. Owen aspires to be a poet and respects Sassoon's work; Sassoon agrees to help him with his poetry. Meanwhile, Rivers has developed his own mental health problems by proxy from dealing his patients' trauma and so takes a leave of absence to visit Lewis Yealland's medical practice in ...