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 ...
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.