30 October 2025
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, on 30 October 1885. An American poet, essayist, and translator, Pound was a central figure of modernism, championing new poetic movements ...
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30 October 2025
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, on 30 October 1885. An American poet, essayist, and translator, Pound was a central figure of modernism, championing new poetic movements such as Imagism and Vorticism, which proved to be turning-points in contemporary verse. His monumental masterpiece, The Cantos, was composed between 1915 and 1962. The section known as The Pisan Cantos was written after the Second World War during his internment in a US detention camp in Pisa, where he was accused of collaboration with the Fascist regime.