Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky

Writing
Born
May 24, 1940 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Died
January 28, 1996
Age
Died at age 55

Biography

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.

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