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    Joseph Brodsky

    Joseph Brodsky

    (USSR, 1940 - 1996)
    © Pieter van der Meer
    Biography
    Born in Leningrad in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at universities including those at Yale, Cambridge and Michigan.
    In 1974, 1989 and 1993 Joseph Brodsky was a guest at the Poetry International festival in Rotterdam. You can listen to recordings of his poetry made on this occasion.

    Links:

    Read about Joseph Brodsky on Wikipedia.
    Extended biography at Poetry Foundation.




    © Poetry International, Poetry Foundation

    Poems
    ROTTERDAM JOURNAL Nature Morte May 24, 1980 Plato Elaborated The Hawk’s Cry in Autumn

    Festival
    24th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 20th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 5th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
    Poems
    Poems of Joseph Brodsky
    Sponsors
    Gemeente Rotterdam
    Nederlands Letterenfonds
    Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
    Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
    Lira fonds
    Partners
    LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère