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Keith Douglas (1920-1944) attended Christ's Hospital School, Sussex, following in the footsteps of Coleridge and Lamb. He went up to Oxford in 1938, then to war. In the Desert Campaign he was injured by a land mine but soon returned to active service. All the time he was writing letters and poems. He was killed in the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Grevel Lindop, Stand Magazine , Volume 6 2006 :
The front cover of this book reproduces watercolour sketches by Keith Douglas of two tanks, one of which has the word 'Amorist' painted on its khaki side in large white capitals. read more

Reviewed in the Mail On Sunday
The poets of the Second World War have not had the same impact as their forbears from the 1914-18 generation, but the name Keith Douglas deserves to be celebrated in the same breath as Owen and Sassoon. read more

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Keith Douglas Books by this author: Letters of Keith Douglas A Prose Miscellany About Reviews Keith Douglas (1920-1944) attended Christ's Hospital School, Sussex, following in the footsteps of Coleridge and Lamb. He went up to Oxford in 1938, then to war. In the Desert Campaign he was injured by a land mine but soon returned to active service. All the time he was writing letters and poems. He was killed in the Allied invasion of Normandy. Grevel Lindop, Stand Magazine , Volume 6 2006 : The front cover of this book reproduces watercolour sketches by Keith Douglas of two tanks, one of which has the word 'Amorist' painted on its khaki side in large white capitals. read more Reviewed in the Mail On Sunday The poets of the Second World War have not had the same impact as their forbears from the 1914-18 generation, but the name Keith Douglas deserves to be celebrated in the same breath as Owen and Sassoon. read more	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more Six Sixty-Six: Infinity by Gabriel Josipovici read more
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