Rose Allatini

Overview

Rose Allatini born Vienna, Austria January 22, 1890 (d. 1980). British novelist. Published Despised and Rejected about pacifist conscientious objector and homosexual, 1918; book banned by government for deterring military recruitment.

Quotations

“[G]reater even than his repugnance to the 'great war game' as a whole; greater even than his revolt against the senselessness of it, and the pity of it; greater than any personal physical fear of death or wounds was his fear of being sent out to inflict death or wounds on others. . . " (Despised and Rejected; photo cyrilscott.net)