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(1885-1972)

Who Was Ezra Pound?

Poet Ezra Pound studied literature and languages in college and in 1908 left for Europe, where he published several successful books of poetry.

Pound advanced a "modern" movement in English and American literature. His pro-Fascist broadcasts in Italy during World War II led to his arrest and confinement until 1958.

Early Years and Career

Pound was born in the small mining town of Hailey, Idaho, on October 30, 1885.

The only child of Homer Loomis Pound, a Federal Land Office official, and his wife, Isabel, Ezra spent the bulk of his childhood just outside Philadelphia, where his father had moved the family after accepting a job with the U.S.

Mint. His childhood seems to have been a happy one. He eventually attended Cheltenham Military Academy, staying there two years before leaving to finish his high school education at a local public school.

In 1901, Pound enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, but left after two ye