Ezra pound:
He is a famous American poet and writer, and the main representative of imagist poetry. 1885, Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, USA. 2 1 year-old, with a master's degree in literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
1909 went to London and met Hume and others who were quite active in the literary world at that time. Pound's early imagist writing was influenced by these people.
19 13, F. S. Flint published the famous Imagist. In the preface of Selected Imagist Poems two years later, Pound added three new principles: advocating accurate daily language, creating new rhythms, and choosing materials freely.
These thoughts played an important role in the development of modern free verse, and also prepared Pound for later rewriting modernist poetry.
19 17, Pound participated in Storm magazine founded by wyndham lewis, aiming to express his strength, advocate the disadvantages of reforming imagist creation, and ask those poets who are good at writing plain and sad poems to create with powerful and moving images and rhythms.
Due to different opinions, Pound gradually broke away from Imagism, and began to write modernism after 19 17.
In addition, Pound is a translator who is keen to introduce China's classical poetry and philosophy. He calls himself a Confucian. He adapted and translated Confucian classics such as Shenzhou Ji, The Book of Songs and The Analects of Confucius.
Ezra pound later turned to fascism. Before the outbreak of World War II, Pound came to Italy and organized an anti-American radio station there to support Mussolini. He was arrested for treason.
Persuaded by his friends, he pretended to be a mental patient and escaped the trial of treason. He was detained at Elizabeth Hospital 13 in Washington, D.C.. During this period, he shined brilliantly in poetry and won the National Literature Award. After being released. After his release, he returned to Italy and died in Venice.