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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.
More from Joseph Brodsky (153 quotes) →More quotes by Joseph Brodsky
- “It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.”Joseph Brodsky
- “My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not tryi…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Venice is eternity itself.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Prose is admittedly an art rooted in social intercourse, and a fiction writer is faster to find a common deno…”Joseph Brodsky
Reflections: more sayings
- “Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs.”Bobby Jindal
- “Katie Hopkins was in 'I'm A Celebrity' but you wouldn't really remember her doing it, as she didn't really sh…”Ant McPartlin
- “If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”Lao Tzu
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020