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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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- “One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of cons…”Joseph Brodsky
- “The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that…”Joseph Brodsky
- “I started to write when I was eighteen or nineteen. However, until I was about twenty-three, I didn't take it…”Joseph Brodsky
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- “After the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian influence collapsed, and Moscow came to bitterly resent…”Simon Sebag Montefiore
- “I've always considered myself to be Russian: my native language is Russian.”Alexandra Elbakyan
- “I've developed this love of trashy Russian literature. There's a women's detective series that I was obsessed…”Elif Batuman
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020