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Joseph Brodsky, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Joseph Brodsky.

Biographical information about Joseph Brodsky also can be found on the following websites:

For the latest news and discussions related to Joseph Brodsky, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.


Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

Many videos of Joseph Brodsky reading and discussing his work can be found through the following two sources:

  • 1978 – Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, Yale University
  • 1979 – Fellowship of American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
  • 1981 – John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation award
  • 1986 – Honorary doctorate of literature from Oxford University
  • The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence
  • 1986 – National Book Critics Award for Criticism, for Less Than One (essay collection)
  • 1987 – Nobel Prize for Literature
  • 1989 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Essex
  • 1989 – Honorary degree from Dartmouth College
  • 1991 – Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden
  • 1991 – Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award
  • 1993 – Honorary degree from the University of Silesia in Poland
  • Honorary member of the International Academy of Science, Munich