Об Одене

by Joseph Brodsky, Иосиф Бродский

В настоящем издании представлены литературные эссе Иосифа Бродского «”1 сентября 1939 года” У. Х. Одена» и «Поклониться тени», посвященные великому англо-американскому поэту Уинстону Хью Одену, высоко ценимому Бродским. Эссе написаны по-английски и публикуются в оригинале с параллельным переводом на русский язык.

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

About the author

Joseph Brodsky (Russian: Иосиф Бродский] was a Russian-American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at several universities, including Yale, Columbia, and Mount Holyoke. Brodsky was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity." A journalist asked him: "You are an American citizen who is receiving the Prize for Russian-language poetry. Who are you, an American or a Russian?" Brodsky replied: "I'm Jewish; a Russian poet, an English essayist – and, of course, an American citizen." He was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991.

Reviews

[Nadiia Zatirka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Витончене розбирання на слова чи смисли одного генія іншим. Жаль, що ми так мало читаємо поезію, і так часто - віримо демагогам

[Dmitriy Podluzny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Лучшая книга о поэзии, которую мне довелось прочитать.