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About Joseph Brodsky
Russian and American poet and essayist
Joseph Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. He is known for poetry and prose that moved between Russian and English, and for an essayistic voice that made him a major literary figure in both cultures. Brodsky wrote as a poet and essayist across two languages, and his work is often associated with reflection, exile, and the life of the mind. He is credited on this site with 153 quotes.
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- “For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the l…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Art is a spirit seeking flesh but finding words.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Reduced... to a crude formula, the Russian tragedy is precisely the tragedy of a society in which literature…”Joseph Brodsky
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- “I fell in love with 19th-century Russian plays.”Melissa Benoist
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020