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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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- “Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.”Joseph Brodsky
- “On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors -…”Joseph Brodsky
- “I wrote poems. That is my work. I am convinced... I believe that what I wrote will be useful to people not on…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020