Famous Writers Arrested: Ezra Pound

Much like the Famous Writers Shirtless posts, here we'll occasionally dive into mugshots of the criminally-inclined writers who found themselves in the big house.

Mugshots? Yes, please.

Today:  Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound was sent to the cooler by American authorities at the end of World War II for treason. They had fairly good reasons after all. Leading up to--and through--World War II, the Antisemitic Pound became a Fascist and aligned himself with the Italian cause throughout the war.

Pound recorded over 100 radio broadcasts in Italy detailing how Jews were the cause of the world's ills, and--after his arrest and on the day Germany surrendered--similarly told a Philadelphia Record reporter that Adolph Hitler was "a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint," while Benito Mussolini was an "imperfect character who lost his head."

I think Pound might've meant himself with that last description.





"Loomis," eh? I didn't see that one coming.