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Joseph Brodsky

1940 - 1996

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Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; Russian: Иосиф Александрович Бродский [ɪˈosʲɪf ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈbrotskʲɪj] ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate) from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at Mount Holyoke College, and at universities including Yale, Columbia, 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Brodsky is the 435th most popular writer (down from 350th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 124th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Writer.

Joseph Brodsky was a Russian poet who was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987.

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Among writers, Joseph Brodsky ranks 435 out of 7,302. Before him are William of Rubruck, Phillis Wheatley, Einhard, Ágota Kristóf, Gertrude Stein, and Sholem Aleichem. After him are Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Márai, Gregory of Tours, Georges Bataille, Fausto Cercignani, and Andrzej Sapkowski.

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Among people born in 1940, Joseph Brodsky ranks 33. Before him are Muhammad Yunus, Martin Sheen, Frank Zappa, Carlos Slim, Tabaré Vázquez, and Peter C. Doherty. After him are John Hurt, Michel Temer, Brian De Palma, Pina Bausch, Abbas Kiarostami, and Giorgio Moroder. Among people deceased in 1996, Joseph Brodsky ranks 18. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marguerite Duras, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Frank Whittle, Ella Fitzgerald, and Gene Kelly. After him are Babrak Karmal, Joan Clarke, Tiny Tim, Silvio Piola, Paul Erdős, and René Lacoste.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Joseph Brodsky ranks 143 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexei Rykov (1881), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Käthe Kollwitz (1867), Pyotr Bagration (1765), and Walther Funk (1890). After him are Sergei Yesenin (1895), Witold Pilecki (1901), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), and Alexander Glazunov (1865).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Joseph Brodsky ranks 17. Before him are Vladimir Nabokov (1899), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), and Mikhail Sholokhov (1905). After him are Sergei Yesenin (1895), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Ivan Bunin (1870), Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), Ivan Goncharov (1812), and Alexander Herzen (1812).

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