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*CHILLING* 1941 Message Ezra Pound An Expatriate American Poet
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Ezra Weston Loomis Pound October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972 was an expatriate American poet and critic, as well as a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision, and economy of language. His works include Ripostes 1912 Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 1920 and the unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos (1917–1969).