How long was Ezra Pound confined at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital?

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Pound, Ezra — Ezra Pound Ezra Pound, photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn, c. 1913.

Ezra Pound was confined at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital for 12 years, from 1946 to 1958.1

Following his arrest by U.S. forces in 1945 for treason due to his pro-Fascist broadcasts, he was evaluated by a panel of doctors and deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. He was released on April 18, 1958, after the charges against him were dropped.21