A Part of Speech

Joseph Brodsky

Macmillan, 1980 - Poetry - 151 pages

A Part of Speech contains poems from the years 1965-1978, translated by various hands.

"Like the Auden who was, no less than Lowell, his champion, Brodsky is a master of traditional forms." - The New York Times Book Review

About the author

Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) came to the United States in 1972, 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Part of Speech
• Author: Joseph Brodsky
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1980
• ISBN: 0374516332, 9780374516338
• Length: 151 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / American / General; Poetry / European / General; Poetry / General; Poetry / Russian & Soviet