Ezra Pound (1885-1972) verse Personae and Exultations in 1909 established the principles of the Imagist movement, with its emphasis on brevity and clarity.

Short Biography:

His largest Modem work was the series of Cantos 1925-1969 (intended to number 100), which attempted a massive reappraisal of history.

In Paris 1921-1925, he was a friend of US writers Gertrude Stein and Hemingway, and then settled in Rapallo, Italy. His anti-Semitism and sympathy with the fascist dictator Mussolini led him to broadcast from Italy in World War II, and he was arrested by US troops in 1945. Found unfit to plead, he was confined in a mental hospital until 1958.

His first completely Modem poem was Hugh Selwyn Mauberley in 1920. He also wrote versions of Old English, Provencal, Chinese, ancient Egyptian, and other verse.

Why is Ezra Pound famous?

Ezra Pound was an American poet, who lived in London from 1908.

Ezra Pound Lists

	1885 births
	1972 deaths
	People from Blaine County, Idaho
	American poets
	Writers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	University of Pennsylvania alumni
	American pamphlet writers
	American composers
	Opera composers
	Imagists
	Modernism
	Vorticists
	Writers from Idaho
	American expatriates in France
	American expatriates in Italy
	T. S. Eliot
	Burials at Isola di San Michele
	Hamilton College alumni
	Wabash College
	Chinese–English translators
	Propagandists
	Italian poets
	American fascists
	American translators
	Translators to English
	Social Crediters

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Category: Poets  - ( Poets Archive)

Date Added: 31 May '12

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