Edmund John

Edmund John
Born	27 November 1883 United Kingdom
Died	28 February 1917 Taormina, Sicily
Occupation	poet
Language	English
Genre	Symbolist
Notable works	"The Flute of Sardonyx "; "The Wind in the Temple";"Symphonie symbolique"

Gravestone in Taormina, Sicily

Edmund John (27 November 1883 – 28 February 1917) was a British poet of the Uranian poetry school. His verses were modeled on the Symbolist poetry of Algernon Charles 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)

External links

• The Flute of Sardonyx: Poems (1913) at www.oldstilepress