- Ezra Pound was born on October 30, 1885 in Hailey, Idaho.
- He believed that poetry is the highest of arts.
- Ezra Pound was a great admirer of the poet William Butler Yeats.
- Ezra Pound became known for his role in developing Imagism.
- Ezra Pound was a noted translator of Asian literature.
- Ezra Pound is mainly responsible for bringing Vivaldi’s music back into popularity.
- Ezra Pound made anti-American radio broadcasts during World War II.
- Pound embraced Benito Mussolini's fascism, and expressed support for Adolf Hitler.
- Pound was arrested as a traitor in 1945.
- Pound's major work was the Cantos.
- He died in November 1, 1972 in Venice.
EZRA POUND QUOTES
- Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
- Nothing written for pay is worth printing. ONLY what has been written AGAINST the market.
- Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
- The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.
