ISAAC ROSENBURG

THE BIRTH OF A POET

• He was born in Bristol, England in 1890

PARENTS

FAMILY

• He had 5 siblings

CHILDHOOD

CHILDHOOD

• There his parents set up a butchers shop.
• Soon it was confiscated and his parents were forced to work as itinerants for the rest of his life.

TEENAGE YEARS

• He became interested in poetry and visual arts.
• At age 14, he began to work as an engraver apprentice.

TEENAGE YEARS

YOUNG ADULT

• He eventually showed so much promise in the visual arts that he was granted funds to attend the Slade Art School, a significant center of aesthetic theory.

ILLNESS

• He suffered from chronic bronchitis which ended his college career.
• To cure himself he moved to a warmer climate whether (South Africa)
• He lived with his sister

DILLEMA

• While others wrote about war as a patriotic sacrifice Rosenberg was against it.

DILEMA

• However, as he needed employment to support his mother, he went back to England.
• On his return he joined the British army.

ON THE TRENCHES OF WORLD WAR 1

• Rosenberg was assigned to the 12th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment.
• This battalion was characterized for having men under the usual minimum height of 5'3".

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

• He turned down an offer to become lance corporal.
• He was transferred to another battalion where he served on the western front in France

BE CREFUL WHAT YOU WISHED FOR

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