This is a very unusual person in the history of Russian literature of the twentieth century. Despite worldwide recognition and fame, this lump stands out in it alone. This is not surprising for the poet, who above all else appreciated his independence in this world. Until now, many believe that he is more loved and revered outside of Russia than inside her, where many are completely unaware of who Brodsky is. His biography has developed so. Often it took shape contrary to his wishes. But he never caved in under circumstances.
Brodsky, biography of the Soviet period
The place and time of birth are important in the fate of any person. And for the poet they are even more significant. Coincidentally, Leningrad became the starting point of the fate of the future poet. Here, in an ordinary intelligent Jewish family, Joseph Brodsky was born in 1940. The poet's biography began on the banks of the Neva, in the former capital of the former empire. This unusual city with its mystical aura in many respects determined the fate of the future poet. Poems began to write very early. And they began immediately with a high level of poetic mastery. Brodsky simply did not have the usual period for many young talents in the period of epigonism and imitation of models. His poetry was initially difficult for perception, imagery is multidimensional, the style is fanciful and refined, the level of versification is highly professional. That is how the poet Joseph Brodsky entered the Russian literature and remained faithful to the once chosen path in it. His biography does not have a period of apprenticeship, he from the first steps in literature declared himself as a master of unique qualifications.
But the external events of his life developed along a rather strange and at the same time quite logical trajectory for Soviet times. Despite the recognition of many authoritative people in Russian literature, his poems were ignored and not published in the Soviet Union. His work was not in demand by the Soviet literary administration, and the poet was not going to make the slightest compromise with the literary nomenclature. Further, everything was in Soviet traditions - a trial under an article for parasitism and 5 years of exile in the Arkhangelsk region. “Ah, what kind of biography they make for our red-haired one,” Anna Andreevna Akhmatova sneered at this. From the poet’s exile, a public campaign was returned in his defense, unfolding in the Soviet Union and abroad. Jean-Paul Sartre promised a lot of trouble to the Soviet nomenclature delegations during their visits to France. From exile, the poet returned victorious.
Brodsky, a biography in exile
The poet had no particular desire to leave the homeland. But there was no doubt that the repressive machine opened its jaws only temporarily and in the near future it will certainly pay off and avenge the forced concession. Brodsky chose freedom. From 1972 to 1996 he lived in the United States. Reached all possible honors - the Nobel Prize and the title of Poet Laureate. No one asks who Brodsky is. A brief biography of it is contained in all reference books and textbooks. Students get to know her when preparing for exams.