“היה הבולט בחבורת המשוררים בלנינגרד: משכיל, חריף, מתריס, פראי, ישיר, סרקסטי, רומנטי, בעל ביטחון עצמי וכריזמה שופעת. הוא הושפע מתרבות המערב אך שמר על מבנה וחריזה מסורתיים, כביכול, כהולך בתלם קודמיו.”

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.