41. Brodsky, Joseph Brodsky, Joseph, original Russian name IOSIP ALEKSANDROVICH BRODSKY (b. May 24, 1940, Leningrad now Saint Petersburg, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russianborn poet who was awarded the http://www.uv.es/EBRIT/micro/micro_87_52.html

Britannica CD Index Articles Dictionary Help Brodsky, Joseph, original Russian name IOSIP ALEKSANDROVICH BRODSKY (b. May 24, 1940, Leningrad [now Saint Petersburg], Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian-born poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 for his important lyric and elegiac poems. Brodsky left school at age 15 and thereafter began to write poetry while working at a wide variety of jobs. He began to earn a reputation in the Leningrad literary scene, but his independent spirit and his irregular work record led to his being charged with "social parasitism" by the Soviet authorities, who sentenced him in 1964 to five years of hard labour. The sentence was commuted in 1965 after prominent Soviet literary figures protested it. Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972, Brodsky lived thereafter in the United States, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1977. He was a poet-in-residence intermittently at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1972 to 1980 and was a visiting professor at other schools. He served as poet laureate of the United States in 1991-92. Brodsky's poetry addresses personal themes and treats in a powerful, meditative fashion the universal concerns of life, death, and the meaning of existence. His earlier works, written in Russian, include

42. Joseph Brodsky - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a SovietRussian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate in Literature. He was appointed Poet Laureate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodsky,_Joseph_Alexandrovich

Joseph Brodsky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Brodsky, Joseph Alexandrovich Jump to: navigation search Joseph Brodsky Born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky 24 May 1940 Leningrad Russia USSR Died 28 January 1996 New York City, New York USA Occupation Poet, essayist Nationality Russian - American Ethnicity Russian Jew Citizenship United States Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award Spouse(s) Maria Sozzani (1990–1996) Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (also known as "Josip", "Josef" and "Joseph" Brodsky Russian ) (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), 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 Yale Cambridge and University of Michigan . Brodsky won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and was appointed American Poet Laureate in 1991. Contents Early years Career and family Denunciation America ... edit Early years Brodsky was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad . His father, Joseph Aleksandrovich Brodsky, was a professional photographer in the Soviet Navy and his mother Maria Volpert Brodsky was a professional interpreter, whose work often helped to support the family. They lived in communal apartments, in poverty, marginalised by their Jewish status.

43. Brodsky, Joseph Videos Online - VideoSurf Video Search DJ Steve Porter brings highlights from the show Community into an all new remix. Thursday http://www.videosurf.com/videos/Brodsky, Joseph

44. Ken Lopez Bookseller: BRODSKY, Joseph - To Urania NY, Farrar, Straus Giroux, (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of the Nobel Prize winner's poems. Paperclip traces front cover; else fine in wrappers. http://www.lopezbooks.com/item/20136/

Would you like to login? Find by Author/Title Author Title BRODSKY, Joseph To Urania All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted. See more items by BRODSKY, Joseph E-list Book Fairs Articles ... Home

45. Joseph Brodsky — FactMonster.com Encyclopedia Brodsky, Joseph. Brodsky, Joseph (Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky) (br t'skē, br d'–, Rus. y s'yif u lyiks n'dr u vyich br t'skē) , 1940–96, Russian http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809034.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Brodsky, Joseph Brodsky, Joseph (Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky) u u key Akhmatova His poetry, which often treats themes of loss and exile, is highly regarded for its formal technique, depth, intensity, irony, and wit. Among his best known works are A Part of Speech (tr. 1980), a volume of poetry; Less than One (tr. 1986) and the posthumously published On Grief and Reason (1996), essays; and the English-language poems of To Urania (1988) and So Forth (1996). Later works include a play, Marbles (1989), and a book of prose, Watermark (1992). His Collected Poems in English was published in 2000. See S. Volkov, Conversations with Joseph Brodsky: A Poet's Journey through the Twentieth Century (1998) and C. L. Haven, ed., Joseph Brodsky: Conversations (2003); L. Shtern: Brodsky: A Personal Memoir The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

46. Brodsky, Joseph nytassociated_article_count 3 nytfirst_use 200802-14 nytlatest_use 2010-01-20 nytnumber_of_variants 1 nytsearch_api_query http//api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v1 http://data.nytimes.com/67318129238180331433

JQ = $; //rename $ function Search data.nytimes.com About This Page Brodsky, Joseph http://data.nytimes.com/67318129238180331433 nyt:associated_article_count nyt:first_use nyt:latest_use nyt:number_of_variants ... skos:prefLabel - en Brodsky, Joseph http://data.nytimes.com/67318129238180331433.rdf cc:attributionName The New York Times Company cc:attributionURL http://data.nytimes.com/67318129238180331433 cc:license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ ... dc:creator The New York Times Company dcterms:created dcterms:modified dcterms:rightsHolder The New York Times Company foaf:primaryTopic http://data.nytimes.com/67318129238180331433 nyt:mapping_strategy http://data.nytimes.com/elements/manual New York Times Linked Open Data by The New York Times Company is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License RDF JSON About This Page ... Work for Us

47. Watermark, BRODSKY, Joseph BRODSKY, Joseph. Watermark. Dedicated to Robert Morgan. 80 pp. Illustrated with 14 photogravures from original photographs by Robert Morgan. http://www.ursusbooks.com/item141525.html

48. Brodsky, Joseph | Definition Of Brodsky, Joseph | HighBeam.com: Online Dictionar Find out what Brodsky, Joseph means The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations has the definition of Brodsky, Joseph. Research related newspaper, magazine, and journal http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O93-BrodskyJoseph.html

49. Brodsky, Joseph - Encyclopedia Britannica - On History Full Name Joseph Brodsky. Nationality Russian Activity American poet. Born 2405-1940 Died 28-01-1996 http://www.history.co.uk/encyclopedia/brodsky-joseph.html

50. Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia Joseph Brodsky in his New York City apartment, 1987. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/80696/112344/

document.write(''); Brodsky, Joseph See Actual Size See Full Size Caption Joseph Brodsky in his New York City apartment, 1987. Credit AFP/Getty Images Links Brodsky, Joseph Citations MLA style: Brodsky, Joseph . Photograph. . Web. 3 Nov. 2010 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/80696/112344/ APA style: Brodsky, Joseph http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/80696/112344/ PRINT E-MAIL SHARE Save to My Workspace All of the media associated with this article appears on the left. Click an item to view it. Mouse over the caption, credit , or links to learn more. You can mouse over some images to magnify, or click on them to view full-screen. Click on the Expand button to view this full-screen. Press Escape to return. Click on audio player controls to interact. JOIN COMMUNITY LOGIN Join Free Community Please join our community in order to save your work, create a new document, upload media files, recommend an article or submit changes to our editors. First Name: Last Name: Email: Password: Please send me periodic email about new product updates and exclusive offers from Britannica. By checking this box, I confirm that I accept the terms of the

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 3     41-50 of 50    Back | 1  | 2  | 3