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

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

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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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.