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Ezra Pound

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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 the University of Pennsylvania and Hamilton College, he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His writing language was English. He received the Bollingen Prize and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Pound is the author of works such as *Confucio*, *Ezra Pound issue*, *Bel Esprit*, *Hudson*, and *Contributions to periodicals by and about Ezra Pound*. He was the student of Herman Vandenburg Ames and the father of Mary de Rachewiltz. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the National Library of Wales, Princeton University Library, and the Harry Ransom Center.

He died in Venice on November 1, 1972, from gastrointestinal system disease and is buried in the Cemetery of San Michele. Pound is described by the source UbuWeb. His notable quotes include, "It is better to present one image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous work."

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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

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,452
Total plays
24,029

Tags

emopoetryspoken wordpunkpost hardcore

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There are two Ezra Pound's: 1) American Poet 2) Emo/punk band from Madison, WI with members going on to form Rainer Maria 1) Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate, poet, musician and critic who, along with T.S. Eliot, was a major figure of the modernist movement in early 20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several modernist movements, notably Imagism and Vorticism. The critic <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ezra+Pound">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 6,183x

  2. Relaxation Effects in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption

    · 1948 · cited 5,994x

  3. Resonance Absorption by Nuclear Magnetic Moments in a Solid

    · 1946 · cited 5,065x

  4. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

  5. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 3,907x

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Quotes

  • “Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, spheres, and the like, but for the human emotions. If one has a mind which inclines to magic rather than science, one will prefer to speak of these equations as spells or incantations; it sounds more arcane, mysterious, recondite.”
  • “It is better to present one image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous work.”
  • “Image…that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.”
  • “The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough.”
  • “One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.”
  • “Poetry must be as well written as prose.”

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Pessoa Knowledge Graph — Heteronymic Practice Across 5,000 Years | Crimson Hexagonal Archive

Interactive knowledge graph mapping heteronymic practice from pharaonic titulary (2600 BCE) through Fernando Pessoa to the contemporary avatar, pronoun, and chosen name. Over 100 nodes across 10 eras, 20 typologies, and 13 edge types. A teaching tool, scholarly resource, and contribution to the Crimson Hexagonal Archive. By Lee Sharks.

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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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ezra Pound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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