Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American expatriate poet, critic and a major figure of the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his promotion of Imagism, a movement that derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language. His best-known works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his unfinished 12...
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Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1885
Date of death:
- Nov 1, 1972 (age 87 years)
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- Ezra Loomis Pound,
- Ezra Pound,
- Pound, Ezra
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