Edmund John

Edmund John
Born	27 November 1883 British
Died	28 February 1917 Taormina, Sicily
Occupation	poet
Language	English
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British
Genre	Symbolist
Literary movement	He fought in the First World War.
Notable works	The Flute of Sardonyx; The Wind in the Temple; Symphonie Symbolique

Edmund John (27 November 1883 – 28 February 1917) was a British poet of the Uranian school. His verses were modeled on the Symbolist poetry of Swinburne and other earlier poets. Much of his work was condemned by critics for being overly decadent and unfashionable. He fought in the First World War but was invalided out in 1916. He died a year later in Taormina, Sicily.

Bibliography

• The Flute of Sardonyx: Poems (1913)
• The Wind in the Temple: Poems (1915)
• Symphonie Symbolique (1919)

Further reading

• D'Arch Smith, Timothy (1970). Love in Earnest. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.