Joseph Brodsky Poetry

Welcome to Joseph Brodsky's Poetry

BRODSKY, Joseph (1940-96), Russian-born poet and Nobel laureate, born in Saint Petersburg (then known as Leningrad). Deeply influenced by Russian and English literature, he began writing poetry in his late teens and became a protégé of Anna Akhmatova. He was denounced in the Soviet press in 1963. Arrested and tried as a "parasite" by the Soviet government in 1964, he was sentenced to five years in a labor camp but was released after less than two years because of international... about Joseph Brodsky

Comments On Joseph Brodsky

Comments

No comments have been left yet!
Be first to comment on this poet.