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2012 First-Class Forever Stamp,20th Century American Poets: Joseph Brodsky
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U.S. #4654
2012 45¢ Joseph Brodsky
20th Century American Poets
Issue Date: April 21, 2012
City: Los Angeles, CA
Quantity: 2,000,000
Printed By: Ashton Potter
Printing Method: Offset
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾ x 11
Color: multicolored
In the spring of 1972, Russian officials stormed the apartment of poet Joseph Brodsky (1940-96), confiscated his writings, and put him on a plane to Vienna, Austria, exiling him from his home country.
By the age of 15, Brodsky left school and worked in various jobs at a morgue, mill, boiler room, and geologic expedition. He taught himself English and Polish so he could read the works of John Donne and Czeslaw Milosz. It was at this time he began writing his own poetry and prose. Brodsky’s work explored the relationship between poet and society and the power of literature to develop language and culture, as well as loss, suffering, exile, moral ambiguity, and old age.
Brodsky became target of the state, denouncing his work as “anti-Soviet.” Charged with social parasitism (contributing nothing to society), he served 18 months of hard labor, resumed his writing, and was later exiled.
Arriving in America after a short stay in Vienna, Brodsky was an immediate celebrity. He taught at several American and British Universities, was awarded the Nobel Prize, and served as Poet Laureate. In that position, he suggested that anthologies be left in public places, so the “lonely or weary might pick up poetry and discover unexpectedly that others had experienced these emotions before.” Brodsky’s idea was adopted and has since brought the joy of poetry to the masses.
U.S. #4654
2012 45¢ Joseph Brodsky
20th Century American Poets
Issue Date: April 21, 2012
City: Los Angeles, CA
Quantity: 2,000,000
Printed By: Ashton Potter
Printing Method: Offset
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾ x 11
Color: multicolored
In the spring of 1972, Russian officials stormed the apartment of poet Joseph Brodsky (1940-96), confiscated his writings, and put him on a plane to Vienna, Austria, exiling him from his home country.
By the age of 15, Brodsky left school and worked in various jobs at a morgue, mill, boiler room, and geologic expedition. He taught himself English and Polish so he could read the works of John Donne and Czeslaw Milosz. It was at this time he began writing his own poetry and prose. Brodsky’s work explored the relationship between poet and society and the power of literature to develop language and culture, as well as loss, suffering, exile, moral ambiguity, and old age.
Brodsky became target of the state, denouncing his work as “anti-Soviet.” Charged with social parasitism (contributing nothing to society), he served 18 months of hard labor, resumed his writing, and was later exiled.
Arriving in America after a short stay in Vienna, Brodsky was an immediate celebrity. He taught at several American and British Universities, was awarded the Nobel Prize, and served as Poet Laureate. In that position, he suggested that anthologies be left in public places, so the “lonely or weary might pick up poetry and discover unexpectedly that others had experienced these emotions before.” Brodsky’s idea was adopted and has since brought the joy of poetry to the masses.
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