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The Lost Generation: Who They Are and Where The Name Came From • FamilySearch

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April 10, 2023 edited December 23, 2024 in Blog Comments EN

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The term “lost generation” refers to a group of writers—but also to an entire generation—who came of age during World War I.

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  • ViaLapis
    ViaLapis ✭
    April 10, 2023

    The poet's name was Wilfred Owen....not Owens. Contrary to your assessment of him being one of the "early voices," Owen is most definitely considered one of the "later poets." Unlike the "early voices" who painted a patriotic, flowery, unrealistic portrait of war, Owen and his kind did the opposite...they presented the truth. They boldly wrote of the hideous reality of war, some more graphically than others.

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