Joseph Brodsky
American poet and essayist
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... Wikipedia
Born: May 24, 1940, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 28, 1996 (age 55 years), Brooklyn Heights, New York, NY
Children: Anna Brodsky, Anastasiya Kuznetsova, and Andrei Basmanov
Spouse: Maria Sozzani (m. 1990–1996)
Parents: Maria Volpert Brodsky and Aleksandr Brodsky
Citizenship: Soviet Union (1940–72); Stateless (1972–77); United States (1977–96)
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