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A comprehensive biography of the Russian and American poet and Nobel laureate, covering his early life, exile, career, family, and legacy. Learn about his poetry, essays, influences, awards, and controversies.
Poet, translator, essayist, and playwright Iosif Alexandrovich Brodsky was reviled and persecuted by officials in his native Soviet Union while the Western literary establishment lauded him as one of the finest poets working in the Russian language.
Joseph Brodsky (born May 24, 1940, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]—died January 28, 1996, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was a Russian-born American poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 for his important lyric and elegiac poems.
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Joseph Brodsky was a Russian-born poet who wrote in English and was exiled from his native country. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 for his poetry and essays, and taught at several universities in the US and England.
Jan 28, 1996 · Joseph Brodsky was a Russian-born poet, essayist and translator who settled in the USA. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity.
Learn about the life and work of Joseph Brodsky, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet who was exiled from the Soviet Union and became a US citizen. Read his poems and essays, and explore his legacy and influence.
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Before his death in 1996 Nobel-Prize winning poet Joseph Brodsky was working to establish a Russian Academy in Rome. Continuing his vision, the Fund awards annual fellowships, selected by an independent jury, for unstructured, uninterrupted and substantial periods of work and study.
