Starting in 1962, when, in Joseph Brodsky's own words, he 'began writing poetry seriously,' the poet attempted to write a poem for every Christmas—as a birthday greeting. 'After all, what is Christmas? The birthday of the God-Man. And it is no less natural for a person to celebrate it than his own.' All the Christmas poems collected in this book, however, are special greetings: together, they represent not only a Christmas gift but also the quintessence of Brodsky's work.
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Nativity Poems (Rozhdestvenskie Stikhi)
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Description
Specification
Publisher: Azbuka
Weight: 50
Age restrictions: 16+
Author: Joseph Brodsky
Circulation: 5000
Size: 18x11.4x0.5
Book series: Azbuka Classics (Azbuka-klassika)
Cover: Paperback
Language: Russian
Pages: 96
Publication year: 2022
ISBN: 978-5-389-21986-1
ISBN (Barcode): 9785389219861
Meet The Author
Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Alexandrovich Brodsky was a Russian and American poet, essayist, playwright, translator, and the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, as well as the U.S. Poet Laureate in 1991–1992. He wrote poetry mainly in Russian and essays in English. He is regarded as one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century.
Joseph Brodsky was born on May 24, 1940, in Leningrad, at Professor Tour’s clinic on the Vyborg Side. His father, Alexander Ivanovich Brodsky (1903–1984), was a military photo correspondent;…
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