Daniel Swift

The making of a poet: Wilfred Owen’s ‘autobiography’ in letters

How, between 1911 and 1917, Owen became the dazzling poet we know and love is the story told in Jane Potter’s new edition of his selected letters

Wilfred Owen wrote mostly to his mother, but many of the letters were posthumously censored by his brother. [Alamy] 
issue 05 August 2023
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  • Selected Letters of Wilfred Owen

    Jane Potter

    OUP, pp. 464, £25

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