Poem

Iosif Alexandrovich Brodsky (b. 24.05.1940. Leningrad - died 28.01.1996. New York) was a Jew by nationality, Russian poet, essayist, playwright, translator. Brodsky wrote his poems in Russian, but wrote his essays in English. Iosif's early childhood was spent during the war, the blockade, without a father, in post-war poverty. From the age of 15, he worked in a factory, in a morgue, in a geological exploration expedition. He was seriously engaged in self-education. studied English and Polish, world prose, classical mythology and religious philosophy. Brodsky's first poems appeared in the late 1950s.

In 1963 he was arrested on charges of fornication. He was sentenced to 5 years of administrative expulsion. 1972 Brodsky was deported to the United States. At the beginning, he lived in the city of Ann-Arbor, where the "Ardis" publishing house was located, which published Russian exile writers many times. In 1980 received US citizenship and moved to New York. He taught Russian and English poetry. Brodsky was awarded a number of prestigious American literary awards. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

 

NATURE MORTE:

 

Nature morte /French - dead nature/, still life. The reading includes poems of Joseph Brodsky, which he dedicated to inanimate objects, dead nature, for example, a glass of water, a wall, a dead butterfly, a dying fly, an old cat... 

Poet seems to take a small dying detail from the life-canvas under a magnifying glass, and scrutinizes it down to its dusty molecular essence and spiritual significance.

The reading is in Russian.

 

Artists: Davit Hakobyan, Narine Grigoryan, Narek Baghdasaryan, Aleksandr Gasparyan, Armine Andreasyan, Vahagn Samvelyan, Milena Ghazaryan, Misha Hakobyan, Daniel Papyan