Ezra Pound

U. T. Dallas to Host Symposium Nov. 24 On Great 20th Century Poet Ezra Pound

The University of Texas at Dallas will host a special literary symposium on poet Ezra Pound on Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Jonsson Building on campus, beginning at 2 p.m. Pound is considered by many to be the greatest poet of the 20th century. He was also anti-Semitic and a supporter of Mussolini. Pound was indicted for treason in 1943, tried and declared insane. He was confined for more than 12 years at St. Elizabeths Hospital. He died in Venice in November 1972. The symposium marks the 30th anniversary of his death.