The Pisan Cantos

poetry by Pound

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In Bollingen Prize
…first award was made for The Pisan Cantos to Ezra Pound, who was then under indictment for treason in World War II for his broadcasts from Italy, which were anti-Semitic and pro-Fascist. A bitter controversy ensued in the press, and the Library of Congress was requested by a congressional committee…
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