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Winifred M. Letts was a novelist, playwright, and poet. Born in England in 1882, she moved to Ireland as a young woman. Her collections include More Songs from Leinster (John Murray, 1926), The Spires of Oxford and Other Poems (E. P. Dutton and Company, 1918), Hallow-e’en and Poems of the War (John Murray, 1916), and Songs from Leinster (John Murray, 1913). Letts, who served as a masseuse in army camps during World War I, famously wrote about her experiences during the war, as well as the joys of rural life in Ireland. She died in 1972.
Robert William Service was born in 1874 in Lancashire, England. He moved to Canada as a young...
May Wedderburn Cannan was born in Oxford, England, in 1893. She volunteered in World War I before...
Eugenio Montale was bornin Genoa, Italy, in 1896. He served as an infantry officer in World War I...
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Vera Brittain was born in 1893 in Staffordshire. She served as a nurse in the Voluntary Aid...
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