A PLAQUE FOR POUND, DESPITE POLITICS The poet Ezra Pound has been
commemorated with a blue plaque outside the London house where he lived
from 1909 to 1914. It was unveiled by Pound's 72-year-old daughter, Mary de
Rachewiltz, the BBC reported. English Heritage, the British conservation
group, had denied a request for the commemoration in 1988, saying Pound's
Fascist politics were too controversial. (Pound died in 1972.) This time, a
spokeswoman said, "the committee decided his poetry and artistic
achievements were of such significance that they were willing to overlook
his politics."
New York Times, August 12, 2004, p. E2. Newspaper (hard copy) has fine
picture of Mary admiring the plaque.