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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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- “It is almost a rule that the more complex a man is, the simpler his billing. A person with a retrospective ab…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulti…”Joseph Brodsky
- “What your foes do derives its significance or consequence from the way you react.”Joseph Brodsky
- “The career of an esthete was nothing I ever intended.”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020