Iosip Brodsky
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Brodsky in 1988
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| Born | Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky 24 May 1940 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 28 January 1996 (aged 55) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Isola di San Michele, Venice, Veneto, Italy |
| Occupation | Poet, essayist |
| Language | Russian (poetry),English (prose) |
| Nationality | Russian, American |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union (1940–1972) Stateless (1972–1977) United States (1977–1996) |
| Notable works |
Gorbunov and Gorchakov (1970) Less Than One: Selected Essays (1986) |
| Notable awards |
Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award (1991) |
| Spouse | Maria Sozzani (m. 1990) |
| Partner | Marina Basmanova (1962–1967) |
| Children | 2 |
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (/ˈbrɒdski/; Russian: Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский [ɪˈosʲɪf ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈbrotskʲɪj] (
listen); 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Born in Leningrad in 1940, 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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