John Allan Wyeth (poet)
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John Allan Wyeth (October 24, 1894 – May 11, 1981) served as a lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and subsequently became a war poet, composer, and painter.[1][2] After the Armistice, Wyeth lived in Europe and became both a Post-Impressionist painter and a war poet.[1]
John Allan Wyeth | |
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Born | October 24, 1894 New York City, U.S. |
Died | May 11, 1981 (1981-05-12) (aged 86) Skillman, New Jersey, U.S. |
Resting place | Blawenburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Blawenburg, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | Princeton University |
Occupation(s) | Poet, painter |
Known for | war poetry |
Parent(s) | John Allan Wyeth Florence Nightingale Sims |
Relatives | J. Marion Sims (maternal grandfather) Marion Sims Wyeth (brother) |
According to literary critic Dana Gioia, who wrote the introduction to the 2008 reissue of Wyeth's war sonnets, Wyeth is the only American poet of the Great War who merits comparison to British war poets Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen. In response to the 2008 republication, British poet and literary critic Jon Stallworthy, the editor of The Oxford Book of War Poetry and the biographer of Wilfred Owen, wrote, "At long last, marking the ninetieth anniversary of the Armistice, an American poet takes his place in the front rank of the War Poet's parade."[3]