Ezra Pound in Venice
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Ezra Pound in Venice

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 Following the recent acquisition by the Italian Ministry of Culture of Mary de Rachewiltz’s Archive and Ezra Pound’s Library from the American poet’s daughter, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, in collaboration with the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation of Venice and the Casa di Oriani Foundation – Library of Contemporary History of Ravenna, is organising two days of study devoted to one of the central figures of 20th literary culture.

A poet, essayist and leading figure of the avant-garde movements of the last century, Ezra Pound was one of the principal architects of Modernism, cofounder of Vorticism with Wyndham Lewis, and a prominent figure in poetic Imagism. A promoter and supporter of numerous writers, including Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce, he shared a close intellectual bond with Thomas Stearns Eliot.

He also maintained a profound and lasting relationship with Italy, which became his second home, and particularly with Venice, a city to which he was deeply attached and where he died and was buried.

The two days of study aim to explore Pound’s significance within the international and Italian cultural

landscape, as well as the historical, literary and documentary value of the archival and bibliographic fonds, now held at the Marciana Library. Scholars and librarians will discuss the many research perspectives offered by this important collection, which also bears witness to the fundamental role played by Mary de Rachewiltz as editor and translator of her father’s work.

Following the institutional greetings by Stefano Trovato (Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana), Siegfried de Rachewiltz (Director of the Brunnenburg Castle Museum), Valeria Zane (Director of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation) and Alessandro Luparini (Director of the Casa di Oriani Foundation – Library of Contemporary History), the following speakers will take part in the conference: Massimo Bacigalupo (University of Genoa), Francesca Cadel (University of Udine), Roberto Calabretto (Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation), Stefano Campagnolo (National Central Library of Rome), Roberta Capelli (University of Trento), Monica Donaglio (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana), Rosella Mamoli (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Mauro Piccinini (Independent Researcher), Carlo Pulsoni (University of Perugia), Bianca Tarozzi (formerly University of Verona), Enrico Terrinoni (University for Foreigners of Perugia), and Serenella Zanotti (Roma Tre University).

General Information

Venue: Monumental Rooms, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Piazzetta San Marco 13/a, 30124 Venice, Italy

Thursday, 3 December 2026 – First session: 3:00–6:00 pm

Friday, 4 December 2026 – Second session: 9:30 am–1:00 pm

Admission is free, subject to availability of seats.

Press Contact

Margherita Venturelli – Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

b-marc.stampa@cultura.gov.it

+39 041 240 7211

For further information, please contact: b-marc.stampa@cultura.gov.it

Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Piazzetta San Marco 7

30124 Venice, Italy

Email: b-marc.stampa@cultura.gov.it

Tel: +39 041 2407211

 

 

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