Joseph Brodsky
Russian-American poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1987. His formal mastery and classical erudition set him apart from both Soviet and Western poetic fashions, and his essays are also important.
Works
- A Part of SpeechCollection of lyric poetry exploring exile, language, and philosophical reflection
- To UraniaVerse meditation on eternity, spirituality, and the act of writing itself
- Less Than OneEssays and autobiographical reflections on poetry, politics, and intellectual freedom
- Elegy for John DonneLong poem elegizing the 17th-century metaphysical poet John Donne
- WatermarkLyrical meditations inspired by a sojourn in Venice and its waterways