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Ezra Pound
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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
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- Confucio
- [Transcripts of shortwave broadcasts from Rome, Dec. 7, 1941-July 25, 1943
- Ezra Pound issue
- Bel Esprit
- Hudson
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1885
- Active to
- 1972
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hailey
- Place of death
- Venice
- Spouse
- Dorothy Shakespear
- Occupation
- literary historian
- Educated at
- Hamilton College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Herman Vandenburg Ames
- 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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- place of burial
- Cemetery of San Michele
- Commons category
- Ezra Pound
- date of birth
- 1885-10-30
- date of death
- 1972-11-01
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- relative
- Thaddeus C. Pound
- cause of death
- gastrointestinal system disease
- 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
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- P12674
- Trinity Blood
- P12749
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- 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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