Victor Selwyn (1917–2005) was a British journalist whose career began during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

with a collection of poems from soldiers. It was this work that led him to attain his MBE in 1996 He was associated with the

Cairo poets The British Army presence in Egypt in World War II had, as a side effect, the concentration of a group of Cairo poets. There had been a noticeable literary group in Cairo before the war in North Africa broke out, including university academics. Poss ...

, and was — along with Denis Saunders and

David Burk David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stel ...

— an editor of ''

Oasis In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentSalamander Oasis Trust of which he was serving as editor-in-chief when he died.

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1917 births 2005 deaths British male journalists Members of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-journalist-stub