Joseph Brodsky: Poetry in English

Micro-TOC: Books -- originally in English -- translations -- unendorsed
Notes: The translations are accompanied by the titles and first lines of the respective Russian originals, if available. The combined alphabetical index of translations contains only poems translated with Brodsky's participation or approval. It does not include Brodsky's early poems from the book of translations "Elegy to John Donne and other poems" (1967) and other miscellaneous translations not endorsed by the author.

Books (chronological):

  • Elegy to John Donne and other poems (1967)
    -- an early book of samizdat translations
  • Selected Poems (1973)
  • A Part of Speech (1980)
  • To Urania (1988)
  • So Forth (1996)
  • Alphabetical index of poems

    I. Poems originally written in English

    II. Translations from Russian

    III. Translations not endorsed by the author

    Note: These translations appeared either in books published before 1972, or on the Web after 1996, and have not been appraised by J. Brodsky; quality of the translation varies but is generally lower than that of published books (above).

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