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.