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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.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate · 1993
- Golden Wreath · 1991
- United States Poet Laureate · 1991
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1987
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism · 1986
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- MacArthur Fellows Program · 1981
- honorary degree · 1978
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1977
- honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Rome Prize
