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“Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.”
 
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Name:   Ezra Pound
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Oct 30, 1885
 
Date of Death:   Nov 1,  1972
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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