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The fact that we are living does not mean we are not sick.

Joseph Brodsky

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Joseph Brodsky
Age: 55 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 24
Died: 1996
Died: January 25
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Dramaturge
Essayist
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Poet
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St. Petersburg
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky
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