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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.
More from Joseph Brodsky (153 quotes) →Other sayings from Joseph Brodsky
- “Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact t…”Joseph Brodsky
- “My intention is to write poems. That's what I've been doing most of my life.”Joseph Brodsky
- “The blue-collar is not supposed to read Horace, nor the farmer in his overalls Montale or Marvell. Nor, for t…”Joseph Brodsky
- “Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020