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Joseph Brodsky
Russian-american poet (1940-1996).
Born May 24th, 1940 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1996 at 55 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Occupations
author, dramaturge, essayist, lecturer, playwright, poet, translator, writer
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius