Joseph Brodsky

Also known as Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

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Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996) was a male poet, translator, essayist, and playwright of the Jewish people. Born in Saint Petersburg, he began his work period in 1956. He was educated at Clare Hall and held citizenship in the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as statelessness. His native language was Russian, and he also spoke and wrote English. He resided in South Hadley and Saint Petersburg.

Brodsky received the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur Fellows Program award, and the Knight of the Legion of Honour. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He was employed by Mount Holyoke College and the University of Michigan. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

He died of myocardial infarction in Brooklyn on natural causes. He is buried in the Cemetery of San Michele. His notable works include *Песнь маятника*, *Rozenḳrantz ṿe-Gildenśṭern metim*, *Vid s kholma*, *Shirim rishonim ṿa-aharonim .*, and *Stikhotvorenii͡a i ėsse*. His genre was poetry.

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Born: 24 May 1940
Died: 28 January 1996
Works: 211

Top works

Песнь маятника
Rozenḳrantz ṿe-Gildenśṭern metim
Vid s kholma
Shirim rishonim ṿa-aharonim .
Stikhotvorenii͡a i ėsse

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Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters.

Known for

Brodsky Is Not a Poet — himself2016
Walks with Brodsky — Self1994
Case of Joseph Brodsky — Self (archive footage)1991
From Moscow to Pietushki — himself1990

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1987
“for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: statelessness
Place of birth: Saint Petersburg
Place of death: Brooklyn
Father: Aleksandr Brodsky
Occupation: writer
Employer: University of Michigan
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Religion: nominal Christian
Award: honorary degree
Academic degree: honorary degree
Genre: poetry
Image: Joseph Brodsky 1988.jpg
Residence: Saint Petersburg

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topic's main category: Category:Joseph Brodsky
place of burial: Cemetery of San Michele
Commons category: Joseph Brodsky
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1940-05-24
date of death: 1996-01-25
manner of death: natural causes
member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
start of work period: 1956-00-00
ethnic group: Jewish people
writing language: English language
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
unmarried partner: Marianna Basmanova
birth name: Иосиф Александрович Бродский
influenced by: W. H. Auden
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name in native language: Ио́сиф Бро́дский

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Encyclopedic overview

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.

Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate) from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at Mount Holyoke College, and at universities including Yale, Columbia, Cambridge, and Michigan. Brodsky was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity". He was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991.

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