Isaac Rosenberg (November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was a Jewish-English poet of the First World War who was one of the greatest of all British war poets. His "Poems from the Trenches" are recognised as some of the most outstanding written during the First World War. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. ... Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world conflict... The term war poet came into currency during and after World War I. A number of poets writing in English had been soldiers, and had written about that experience. ...

Some sources spell his name Rosenburg

Biography

Isaac was born in Bristol and moved to 47 Cable Street in 1897, a poor district of the East End of London with a strong Jewish community. He attended St. Paul's School around the corner in Wellclose Square, until his family (of Russian descent) moved to Stepney in 1900. He left school when was fourteen, where he became an apprentice engraver. Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... Cable Street is a mile-long road in the East End of London, with several historic landmarks nearby. ... The East End of London (known locally as just the East End) is part of London in the United Kingdom. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ...

Suffering from poor health, Rosenburg emigrated to the warmer climate of South Africa to try and cure himself.

He was interested in both poetry and art, and managed to find the finances to attend the Slade School. He was taken up by Laurence Binyon and Edward Marsh, and began to write poetry seriously, but he suffered from ill-health. Nevertheless, he enlisted in October 1915 and was sent to the Somme on The Western Front in France where he was killed on April 1, 1918. His body was never recovered. He was enlisted into The Bantams, a special battalion for men too short to be accepted into other regiments. Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Art (or the creative arts) commonly refers to the act and process of making material works (or artworks) which, from concept to creation, hold a fidelity to the creative impulse. ... Part of the University College London, the Slade School of Art was founded in 1868 as the result of an endowment by Felix Slade. ... Robert Laurence Binyon (August 10, 1869 at Lancaster, England – March 10, 1943 at Reading) was a British poet, dramatist and art scholar. ... Edward Marsh (1872-1953) was an English polymath, the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many individuals, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Somme is a French département, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Works

His paintings hang in the National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain. At least three art galleries are named National Portrait Gallery: National Portrait Gallery, Australia National Portrait Gallery, London National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

A commemorative blue plaque to him hangs in The Whitechapel Library.

References

• 6th form perspective on Rosenberg
• J M Woolf 1975

"Isaac Rosenburg, poet and painter"

• National Book League Date of Publication 1975

"Word and Image VI. Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918"

• Jean Liddiard 1975

"Isaac Rosenburg; the Half Used Life"

• J. Cohen 1975

"Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918"

• Deborah Maccoby 1999 Symposium Press; ISBN: 1900814153

"God Made Blind: The Life and Work of Isaac Rosenberg"

• Edited by Adrian Barlow 1995 Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 052148569X

"Six Poets of the Great War: Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Richard Aldington, Edmund Blunden, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke and Many Others."

• Naxos AudioBooks; ISBN: 9626341092

"Poets of the Great War: Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Richard Aldington, Edmund Blunden, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Many Others."

• Harold Finch, Stepney Books ISBN 0902385259

"The Tower Hamlets Connection - a Biographical Guide"