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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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- “... Now to die of griefwould mean, I'm afraid, to die belatedly, while latecomersare unwelcome, particularly…”Joseph Brodsky
- “The imprisoning of a writer is the same as the burning of a book.”Joseph Brodsky
- “I'm the happiest combination you can think of. I'm a Russian poet, an English essayist, and a citizen of the…”Joseph Brodsky
- “One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of cons…”Joseph Brodsky
More Language quotes
- “I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals w…”Sonakshi Sinha
- “I think we can bring a new retail language to Rockefeller Center that would really change Midtown.”Jerry Speyer
- “If the changes that we fear be thus irresistible, what remains but to acquiesce with silence, as in the other…”Samuel Johnson
More Writing quotes
- “She awaits the rain like a writer embraces metaphors,A drizzle isn't for the child who dances in the storm.Of…”Sanhita Baruah
- “When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate…”Charlie Kaufman
- “It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical o…”J. Michael Straczynski
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020