Pound, Ez ‧ ra /ˈezrə/ BrE AmE
(1885–1972) a US poet who lived mostly in Europe, and whose poems include the Cantos . He broadcast on the radio in support of ↑ fascism and ↑ Mussolini during World War II. As a result, after the war the US government charged him with ↑ treason , but he was judged to be mentally ill and sent to a mental hospital until 1958.