Ezra Pound (1885­1972) was an influential American poet, critic and 
translator who drew on a wide array of themes to interpret cultural 
history. His major work, The Cantos of Ezra Pound , was published in 
its entirety in 1970. His writing helped chart the course of both English 
and American criticism in the early 20th century. He associated with 
many of the century’s greatest writers, including Gertrude Stein, 
Ernest Hemingway, and T. S. Eliot.