Author: Joseph Brodsky. Published by Viking, Peguin Group, 1988, Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay Ltd Bungay, Suffolk. A Good Condition HARDCOVER Book, with age-yellowing. Unknown signature inside. A Fair Condition Dust Jacket, with some sun fade, grime, marks, stain.
Combining two books of verse that were first published in his native Russian, TO URANIA, was Brodsky's third volume to appear in English. Published in 1988, the year after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, this collection features pieces translated by the poet himself and others, as well as poems written originally in English.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad, USSR in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters.
