Joseph Brodsky
Birth date
May 24, 1940
Death date
January 28, 1996
Place of birth
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Profession
Writing
Age
55 years
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Biography
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters.
