Joseph Brodsky Writer

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (/ˈbrɒdski/; Russian: Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский, IPA: [ɪˈosʲɪf ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈbrotskʲɪj] (13px ); 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist.Born in Leningrad in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate) from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at universities including those at Yale, 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". He was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 24, 1940
Birth name	Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky
Birth place	Russia , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Saint Petersburg
Nationality	Russia
Citizenship	Soviet Union United States
Date of death	January 28, 1996
Place of death	New York City , United States