From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (
October 30 1885 –
November 1 1972) was an
American expatriate poet,
musician, and
critic who was a major figure of the
Modernist movement in early-to mid-
20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements, notably
Imagism and
Vorticism.
