POET
Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
BIOGRAPHY
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was born in Hailey, Idaho, grew up near Philadelphia, but lived much of his adult life overseas. In his early career he was the influential and controversial leader of Imagism and Vorticism. He also championed young writers, including H.D., T.S. Eliot, and Robert Frost. Among his best-known works are “In a Station of the Metro,” “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,” and The Cantos, a ranging, lifelong work that expounded his political and economic theories.POEMS
= First appeared in Poetry magazine.
H. S. Mauberley (Life and Contacts) [Part I]
Translations
AUDIO
Avant-Garde All the Time
Protest Poetry With a Beat
Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman.
Poem Talk
Troubled Sleep: A Discussion of Ezra Pound's "Cantico del Sole"
Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring poets Charles Bernstein, Rachel Levitsky, & Joshua Schuster
ARTICLES ABOUT EZRA POUND
From the Archive: Ezra Pound
by The Editors
BOOKS
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
(New Directions)
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