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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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- “No matter how daring or cautious you may choose to be, in the course of your life, you are bound to come into…”Joseph Brodsky
- “A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.”Joseph Brodsky
- “What provides you with subject matter is your own language - and that's all.”Joseph Brodsky
- “ילדות צועקת בי.”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020