Ezra Pound Papers, 1911-1949

Summary

Creators:

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

Abstract:

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a poet, translator, and a representative for Poetry magazine, and The little review. His published works include A lume spento (1908), Homage to Sextus Propertius (1917), and Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (1920). The collection contains Pound's correspondence with E.W. Titus, letters to various persons, corrected proofs of poems, typescripts, and issues of The Pound newsletter.

Extent:

2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains Pound correspondence with E.W. Titus, letters to various persons, corrected proofs of poems published in The little review, proofs of Certain noble plays of Japan with holograph corrections, typescript drafts of cantos xii and xiii, typescripts of the Noh stories, Moon madness and The rabbit's house, and ephemera. Also contains numbers 1-10 of The Pound newsletter and two reels of microfilm containing If this be treason... [n.p., c.1948] and The cantos of Ezra Pound.

Biographical / historical:

Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho on October 30, 1885; attended the University of Pennsylvania and Hamilton College; taught romance philology at Wabash College; left for Europe; in 1908 his first book of verse, A lume spento, was published; lived in London from 1908-20, where he published translations of Italian and Provençal poetry and adaptations from Chinese poems; published Homage to Sextus Propertius (1917) and Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (1920); served as London representative for Poetry magazine, and for The little review; began to write The cantos, the first of which was published in 1925; moved to Paris in 1920, and to Rapallo, Italy five years later; made pro-Fascist broadcasts from Italy after the U.S. declared war; was indicted for treason, held at a detention center in Pisa in 1945, and was transferred to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the criminally insane in Washington, D.C. in 1946; awarded the Bollingen Prize for poetry in 1949; returned to Italy after his release in 1958; he died in Venice on November 1, 1972.

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Related resources

Related material:

• Jaime de Angulo Papers (Collection 160). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

  (Letters to de Angulo in Box 2).

• Earl Roy Miner Papers (Collection 821). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

  (Letters to Miner in Box 1).

• Harold Monro Papers (Collection 745). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

  (Letters to Monro in Box 2).

• Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Collection 100). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

  (Letters to Frederic Manning in Box 101).

  (Letter to Cyril M. Schneider about Nathaniel West in Box 36).

• Peter Russell Papers (Collection 921). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

  (Letters to Edgar Jepson, and E. Pound ephemera in Box 1).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Microfilms.

Names:

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Archives.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

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