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Also known as Ezra Weston Loomis Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

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Ezra Pound (1885–1972) was an American poet, literary critic, composer, and translator. Born in Hailey and educated at Hamilton College and the University of Pennsylvania, he began his work period in 1909. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the Bollingen Prize. His writing language was English.

His notable works include *Confucio*, *Ezra Pound issue*, *Bel Esprit*, *Hudson*, and *Contributions to periodicals by and about Ezra Pound*. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pound was the student of Herman Vandenburg Ames and the relative of Thaddeus C. Pound. His child was Mary de Rachewiltz.

Pound died in Venice from gastrointestinal system disease and is buried in the Cemetery of San Michele. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, National Library of Wales, Princeton University Library, and Harry Ransom Center. He is described by the source UbuWeb.

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Person · Open Library

Born
30 October 1885
Died
1 November 1972
Works
662

Top works

  • Confucio
  • [Transcripts of shortwave broadcasts from Rome, Dec. 7, 1941-July 25, 1943
  • Ezra Pound issue
  • Bel Esprit
  • Hudson

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1885
Active to
1972
american poetpoet

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Listeners
4,452
Total plays
24,029

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Hailey
Place of death
Venice
Educated at
Hamilton College
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Ezra Pound by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1913, collotype photograph, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 78 14Pound-000001.jpg
Political ideology
Fascism
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Ezra Pound
date of birth
1885-10-30
date of death
1972-11-01
writing language
English language
start of work period
1909-00-00
name in native language
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound
unmarried partner
Iseult Gonne
personal library at
Harry Ransom Center
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
manner of death
natural causes
Commons Creator page
Ezra Pound
described at URL
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Encyclopedic overview

Pound photographed in 1913 by Alvin Langdon Coburn

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and The Cantos (c. 1915–1962).

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