Joseph Brodsky
1940 to 1996
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Joseph Brodsky across 7 places, from 1973 to 1996. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Joseph Brodsky was documented, and when
1973 to 1974period
University of Michiganattested
“Brodsky went on to become a visiting professor at Queens College (1973–74), Smith College, Columbia University, and Cambridge University, later returning to the University of Michigan (1974–80).”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1973 to 1974period
Queens Collegeattested
“Brodsky went on to become a visiting professor at Queens College (1973–74), Smith College, Columbia University, and Cambridge University, later returning to the University of Michigan (1974–80).”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1980 to 1981period
New York Cityattested
“He moved to New York's Greenwich Village in 1980 and in 1981 received the John D.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1990year
Franceattested
“In 1990, while teaching literature in France, Brodsky married a young student, Maria Sozzani, who has a Russian-Italian background; they had one daughter, Anna Brodsky, born in 1993.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1995year
Russiaattested
“In 1995, Gleb Uspensky, a senior editor at the Russian publishing house, Vagrius, asked Brodsky to return to Russia for a tour, but he could not agree.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
28 January 1996exact date
Brooklyn Heightsattested
“Brodsky died of a heart attack aged 55, at his apartment in Brooklyn Heights, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on 28 January 1996.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
28 January 1996exact date
Brooklynattested
“Brodsky died of a heart attack aged 55, at his apartment in Brooklyn Heights, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on 28 January 1996.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
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Places Joseph Brodsky is documented in
Brooklyn1 presence · 1996France1 presence · 1990New York City1 presence · 1980Russia1 presence · 1995University of Michigan1 presence · 1973
Brooklyn Heights1 presence · 1996
Queens College1 presence · 1973
Other places tied to Joseph Brodsky in the record
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1958year
Saint Petersburgmentioned
“By 1958 he was already well known in literary circles for his poems "The Jewish cemetery near Leningrad" and "Pilgrims".”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1959year
Yakutskmentioned
“Asked when he first felt called to poetry, he recollected, "In 1959, in Yakutsk, when walking in that terrible city, I went into a bookstore.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1960year
Tikhvinmentioned
“Brodsky read them aloud to me between two train cars as we were going towards Tikhvin." In 1960, the young Brodsky met Anna Akhmatova, one of the leading poets of the silver age.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1962year
Saint Petersburgmentioned
“In 1962, in Leningrad, Anna Akhmatova introduced him to the artist Marina Basmanova, a young painter from an established artistic family who was drawing Akhmatova's portrait.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1965 to 1970period
New York Citymentioned
“Verses and Poems was published by Inter-Language Literary Associates in Washington in 1965, Elegy to John Donne and Other Poems was published in London in 1967 by Longmans Green, and A Stop in the Desert was issued in 1970 by Chekhov Pub…”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1965 to 1970period
Londonmentioned
“Verses and Poems was published by Inter-Language Literary Associates in Washington in 1965, Elegy to John Donne and Other Poems was published in London in 1967 by Longmans Green, and A Stop in the Desert was issued in 1970 by Chekhov Pub…”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
December 1965month
Saint Petersburgmentioned
“In 1989, Brodsky wrote his last poem to "M.B.", describing himself remembering their life in Leningrad: Brodsky returned to Leningrad in December 1965 and continued to write over the next seven years, many of his works being translated i…”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1966 to 1987period
Saint Petersburgmentioned
“Only four of his poems were published in Leningrad anthologies in 1966 and 1967, most of his work appearing outside the Soviet Union or circulated in secret (samizdat) until 1987.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1966 to 1987period
Soviet Unionmentioned
“Only four of his poems were published in Leningrad anthologies in 1966 and 1967, most of his work appearing outside the Soviet Union or circulated in secret (samizdat) until 1987.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1971year
Israelmentioned
“In 1971, Brodsky was invited twice to emigrate to Israel.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1972year
Ministry of Interior (Israel)mentioned
“When called to the Ministry of the Interior in 1972 and asked why he had not accepted, he stated that he wished to stay in the country.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
23 May 1979exact date
Yale Universitymentioned
“In 1978, Brodsky was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Yale University, and on 23 May 1979, he was inducted as a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1986year
University of Oxfordmentioned
“In 1986, his collection of essays, Less Than One, won the National Book Critics Award for Criticism and he was given an honorary doctorate of literature from Oxford University.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1986year
Oxfordmentioned
“In 1986, his collection of essays, Less Than One, won the National Book Critics Award for Criticism and he was given an honorary doctorate of literature from Oxford University.”
source: Wikipedia: Joseph Brodsky
1991year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Ben CarsonUniversity of Michigan · 1973Alejandro JodorowskyFrance · 1990Ismail KadareFrance · 1990Delphine SeyrigFrance · 1990Warda Al-JazairiaFrance · 1990Michel FoucaultNew York University · 1980Jerome BrunerNew York University · 1980John MalkovichNew York University · 1980Bill EvansNew York University · 1980Max FrischNew York University · 1980Raymond CarverNew York University · 1980Sun Myung MoonNew York University · 1980
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