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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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- “American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.”Joseph Brodsky
- “A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot.”Joseph Brodsky
- “The charge frequently leveled against poetry - that it is difficult, obscure, hermetic and whatnot - indicate…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Unfortunately, a human being is able to comprehend only that amount of evil which he is able to commit himsel…”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020