Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Soviet-Russian-American poet and essayist. He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 for alleged "social parasitism" and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at universities including those at Yale, 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 American Poet Laureate in 1991.. Russian poet and essayist
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Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse. Go to Quote / Comment
Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves amid unaccustomed thoughts. Go to Quote / Comment
What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence. Go to Quote / Comment
Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy? Go to Quote / Comment
A revolution does not last more than fifteen years, the period which coincides with the flourishing of a generation. Go to Quote / Comment