Record Number: 29817
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘A French poet (there are as many in France as this side), Albert Satteau, who always added to his name the dignity “des Gens de Lettres", used to receive me kindly at “Le Home” near our rest camp, and we read together his clockwork rhymes from the local paper.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1917 and 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Ambleteuse, near Boulogne
county: Pas-de-Calais
other location: probably private house near rest camp
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Nov 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Officer and Poet
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:29817
Source:Edmund Blunden
Editor:n/a
Title:Undertones of War
Place of Publication:Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)
Date of Publication:1982 (1928, 1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:188
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 188, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29817, accessed: 17 February 2025
Additional Comments:
No external evidence has been found of published works by Satteau. Internal evidence suggests the encounters took place in mid- to late spring.