Isaac
Rosenberg was born in Bristol, England to working-class
parents. At 14, he left school and was apprenticed as
an engraver, attending the Art School of Birkbeck College,
London University in the evening. Rosenberg was a student
at Slade School from 1911 to 1914, after deciding upon
a career as a portrait artist. In 1912, Rosenberg published
his first book of poetry, Night and Day. When war
broke out, he enlisted, and began serving in the British
Army in 1916. A book of Rosenberg's poetry, Youth,
was published just before he went to the front lines where
he was killed. His work was admired by poets T.S. Eliot
and Ezra Pound.
Isaac
Rosenberg was born in Bristol, England to working-class
parents. At 14, he left school and was apprenticed as
an engraver, attending the Art School of Birkbeck College,
London University in the evening. Rosenberg was a student
at Slade School from 1911 to 1914, after deciding upon
a career as a portrait artist. In 1912, Rosenberg published
his first book of poetry, Night and Day. When war
broke out, he enlisted, and began serving in the British
Army in 1916. A book of Rosenberg's poetry, Youth,
was published just before he went to the front lines where
he was killed. His work was admired by poets T.S. Eliot
and Ezra Pound.