Joseph Brodsky

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Joseph Brodsky

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born
May 24, 1940 in Leningrad, Russian Federation

died
January 28, 1996

gender
male

influences
Anna Akhmatova


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Awarded 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity."


Average rating: 4.23 · 1,667 ratings · 123 reviews · 85 distinct works
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions
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Collected Poems in English
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Less Than One: Selected Essays
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions
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A Part of Speech
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 121 ratings5 editions
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On Grief and Reason: Essays
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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To Urania: Poems
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 72 ratings6 editions
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So Forth: Poems
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings3 editions
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Nativity Poems
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Сочинения Иосифа Бродского....
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4.85 of 5 stars 4.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2001
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Конец прекрасной эпохи
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4.84 of 5 stars 4.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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