{"product_id":"selected-poems-1968-1996-paperback","title":"Selected Poems, 1968-1996 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Brodsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Kjellberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Brodsky spent his life advocating for the place of the poet in society. As Derek Walcott said of him, \"Joseph was somebody who lived poetry . . . He saw being a poet as being a sacred calling.\" The poems in this volume span Brodsky's career, which was marked by his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1972. Together, they represent the project that, as Brodsky said, the \"condition we call exile\" presented: \"to set the next man--however theoretical he and his needs may be--a bit more free.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition, edited and introduced by Brodsky's literary executor, Ann Kjellberg, includes poems translated by Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur, and Anthony Hecht, as well as poems written in English or translated by the author himself. \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems, 1968-1996\u003c\/i\u003e surveys Brodsky's tumultuous life and illustrious career and showcases his most notable and poignant work as a poet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Brodsky\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-1996) came to the United States in 1972 as an involuntary exile from the Soviet Union. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and served as poet laureate of the United States in 1991 and 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.31 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729808232511,"sku":"9780374600365","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/17c427e895e4ef9fcb5315a1b4e1845f.webp?v=1765123690","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/selected-poems-1968-1996-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}