Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский) (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Soviet-Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate in Literature. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1991.
Brodsky was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad, the son of a professional photographer in the Soviet Navy. In early childhood he survived the Siege of Leningrad. When he was ...
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Date of birth:
- May 24, 1940
Date of death:
- Jan 28, 1996 (age 55 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Иосиф Александрович Бродский,
- I. Brodski,
- I. Brodsky,
- Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky
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