Edmund Blunden
Edmund Charles Blunden CBE 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. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.
Edmund Blunden CBE MC | |
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Blunden, c. 1914 | |
| Born | Edmund Charles Blunden 1 November 1896 London, England |
| Died | 20 January 1974 (aged 77) Long Melford, England |
| Resting place | Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford |
| Occupation | Poet, author |
| Education | Christ's Hospital; Queen's College, Oxford |
| Notable works | Poems 1913 and 1914; An Elegy and Other Poems; Cricket Country; Poems on Japan |
| Notable awards | Military Cross; C.B.E.; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry |
| Spouse | Mary Daines Sylva Norman Claire Margaret Poynting |
| Partner | Aki Hayashi |
| Children | seven |
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