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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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- “Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.”Joseph Brodsky
- “Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state i…”Joseph Brodsky
- “It's not that prison makes you shed your abstract notions. On the contrary, it pares them down to their most…”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020