Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound (1885–1972) was an American poet and critic who served as a central figure in advancing the Modernist movement in English and American literature. He profoundly influenced 20th-century poetry by promoting and shaping the work of writers such as T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway, and is best known for his epic poem sequence The Cantos. His life was marked by controversy due to his pro-Fascist broadcasts in Italy during World War II, which led to his arrest and confinement until 1958.