Welcome
The War Poets Association, a UK registered charity, was launched in Paris in July 2004. It aims to promote interest in the work, life and historical context of poets whose subject is the experience of war.
The WPA is interested in war poets of all periods and nationalities, with the primary focus on conflicts since 1914: mainly the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and Ireland. It develops its own programme and aims also to work with societies dedicated to individual war poets to help promote their activities and provide an opportunity for them to join with us in events of general or shared interest.
News and Events
For a full list of current and recent events or publications click here. For more details of recently-announced events visit any of three latest items listed at the right of this page. See www.warpoets.org/news for a longer detailed list of forthcoming or recent happenings and publications. NB: The months on the longer lists refer to the date the event or publication was published on this website, not to the month the event will take place.
Poet Biographies
Read our new biographies: Michael Longley by Dr Fran Brearton; Leslie Coulson by Vivien Whelpton; Georg Trakl by Swana Hardy.
This website includes biographies of some major war poets written by experts and commissioned especially by the WPA for publication here. Click on the images below to see some examples (mouse-over an image to view the name of a poet), or click on a conflict name from the list under 'Quicklinks' at the right of this page, then select a poet from the list on the right side of the conflict page which appears.
Latest News!
Following a very successful occasion at the British Library on 8 April to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the death in action of Isaac Rosenberg, the WPA's next major event will be on the theme 'Poetry and the Memory of War'. Speakers will include Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Jon Stallworthy and others. Close family members will read poems written by some of the major First World War poets. The event will take place at the Imperial War Museum, London on 11 November 2008, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended the First World War. This is an event not to be missed! Further details will be announced shortly.
Ninth International Robert Graves Conference, 'Innovation and Tradition: Robert Graves in the Twentieth Century': St John's College, Oxford. 9-13 September 2008.
Please click here or visit www.robertgraves.org for further information, or e-mail pjvilla@aol.com to enquire about registration for the conference or submit a paper.
Journal
The WPA publishes an annual journal, War Poetry Review, which is sent to all members.
News
This website aims to be one of the primary resources on the web for research into and discussion of twentieth century international war poetry, and to provide a selection of useful links. If you would like to recommend links or help build the resource, please contact editor@warpoets.org .
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