Joseph Brodsky
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Joseph Brodsky was a Russian-American poet born in 1940 who became one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century before his death in 1996. His work is significant because he brought together Russian poetic traditions with Western influences, and his writing explored profound themes about freedom, exile, and the human condition during a period of Cold War division.
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- Born
- 24 May 1940
- Died
- 28 January 1996
- Works
- 211
Top works
- Песнь маятника
- Rozenḳrantz ṿe-Gildenśṭern metim
- Vid s kholma
- Shirim rishonim ṿa-aharonim .
- Stikhotvorenii͡a i ėsse
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Writing · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters.
Known for
- Brodsky Is Not a Poet — himself2016
- Walks with Brodsky — Self1994
- Case of Joseph Brodsky — Self (archive footage)1991
- From Moscow to Pietushki — himself1990
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Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate) from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at Mount Holyoke College, and at universities including Yale, Columbia, Cambridge, and Michigan. Brodsky was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity". He was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991.