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Brodsky

American  
[brod-skee] / ˈbrɒd ski /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1940–96, U.S. poet, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1987; U.S. poet laureate 1991–92.


Brodsky British  
/ ˈbrɒdskɪ /

noun

  1. Joseph , original name Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky . 1940–96, US poet, born in the Soviet Union. His collections include The End of a Beautiful Era (1977). Nobel prize for literature 1987

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From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

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From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton