Selected Poems

1968-1996

Joseph Brodsky, Ann Kjellberg

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Penguin
05 May 2020

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Self-educated, intense, impulsive and unmoored, Joseph Brodsky emerged in mid-century Russia as a poetic virtuoso, recognized by such greats as Anna Akhmatova as their worthy heir. He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972. Together, the poems in this volume unfold the project that, as Brodsky saw it, the condition of exile presented- 'to set the next man - however theoretical he and his needs may be - a bit more free'.

This edition includes poems translated by Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur and Anthony Hecht, and poems written in English or translated by the author himself. It surveys Brodsky's tumultuous life and illustrious career, and presents many of the poems that secured his reputation as one of the century's major voices.

By: Joseph Brodsky
Edited by: Ann Kjellberg
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9780241464823
ISBN 10: 024146482X
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Brodsky died in January 1996. His last post was Five Colleges Professor of Literature at Mount Holyoke College. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.