Writer

Ezra Pound

1885 - 1972

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Ezra Pound

His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2024). Ezra Pound is the 131st most popular writer (up from 349th in 2024), the 115th most popular biography from United States (up from 325th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Writer.

Ezra pound is most famous for his poem "In a Station of the Metro"

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Among Writers

Among writers, Ezra Pound ranks 131 out of 7,302. Before him are Naguib Mahfouz, Jane Austen, Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, Sully Prudhomme, and Jean de La Fontaine. After him are François Villon, Günter Grass, Haruki Murakami, Jean Cocteau, August Strindberg, and Charles Bukowski.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Naguib Mahfouz
1911 - 2006
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 125
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 126
Ammianus Marcellinus
330 - 395
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 127
Apuleius
125 - 170
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 128
Sully Prudhomme
1839 - 1907
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 129
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 - 1695
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 130
Ezra Pound
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 131
François Villon
1431 - 1463
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 132
Günter Grass
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 133
Haruki Murakami
1949 - Present
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 134
Jean Cocteau
1889 - 1963
HPI: 80.33
Rank: 135
August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 136
Charles Bukowski
1920 - 1994
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 137

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Ezra Pound ranks 4. Before him are Niels Bohr, D. H. Lawrence, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. After him are Faisal I of Iraq, Clementine Churchill, Alban Berg, Karen Blixen, György Lukács, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, and François Mauriac. Among people deceased in 1972, Ezra Pound ranks 6. Before him are Edward VIII, Harry S. Truman, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Ip Man, and Frederik IX. After him are Yasunari Kawabata, M. C. Escher, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Neilia Hunter Biden, Kwame Nkrumah, and Paul-Henri Spaak.

Others Born in 1885

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Niels Bohr
PHYSICIST
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 1
D. H. Lawrence
WRITER
1885 - 1930
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 2
Princess Alice of Battenberg
NOBLEMAN
1885 - 1969
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 3
Ezra Pound
WRITER
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 4
Faisal I of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1933
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 5
Clementine Churchill
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1977
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 6
Alban Berg
COMPOSER
1885 - 1935
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 7
Karen Blixen
WRITER
1885 - 1962
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 8
György Lukács
PHILOSOPHER
1885 - 1971
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 9
Albert Kesselring
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1960
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 10
George S. Patton
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1945
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 11
François Mauriac
WRITER
1885 - 1970
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1972

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Edward VIII
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 89.23
Rank: 1
Harry S. Truman
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 2
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 3
Ip Man
MARTIAL ARTS
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.04
Rank: 4
Frederik IX
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 5
Ezra Pound
WRITER
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 6
Yasunari Kawabata
WRITER
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 7
M. C. Escher
ARTIST
1898 - 1972
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 8
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 9
Neilia Hunter Biden
COMPANION
1942 - 1972
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 10
Kwame Nkrumah
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1972
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 11
Paul-Henri Spaak
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 12