Alun Lewis (poet)

Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis
Born	1 July 1915; Cwmaman, Wales
Died	5 March 1944 (aged 28); Burma
Occupation	Writer, teacher, soldier
Nationality	Welsh
Period	1942–1944
Notable works	Raiders' Dawn and other poems (1942);
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.

[1] "London Review". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2009.

[2] Andrew Sinclair, The War Decade : An Anthology of the 1940s. London; Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0241125677 (p. 47)

[3] Drabble, Margaret, ed. (1985). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. p. 568.

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Alun Lewis

Born	(1915-07-01)1 July 1915 Cwmaman, Wales
Died	5 March 1944(1944-03-05) (aged 28) Burma
Occupation	Writer, teacher, soldier
Nationality	Welsh
Period	1942–1944
Notable works	Raiders' Dawn and other poems (1942)
Spouse	Gweno Lewis (m. 1941, died)

Alun Lewis (poet)

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