Joseph Brodsky is one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century. True to the traditions of Russian classics—Pushkin, Baratynsky, Mandelstam—Brodsky rapidly expanded the scope of his poetic work, incorporating motifs from Latin authors such as Horace, Propertius, and Ovid. He wrote prose in English, lived in the United States, and frequently visited Italy. In 1987, Brodsky was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his multifaceted work, marked by acuteness of thought and profound poetic depth.' This volume of selected works includes the poetry collections 'A Stop in the Desert,' 'The End of a Beautiful Era,' 'Part of Speech,' 'New Stanzas to Augusta,' 'Urania,' and 'Landscape with a Flood,' published by the American publishing house Ardis from 1970 to 1996, as well as the play 'Marble' and an essay about Venice, 'Embankment of the Incurable.'