Brodsky

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To continue Brodsky them I'll link You to his page on http://lib.ru/.- only in russian.

I read here his poetry from memory so excuse me
"Ja vsegda govoril chto sydba igra,
chto zachem nam ryba esli est' ikra...." - can't argue with that,
"Why do we need the fish if we've got the caviar!!!!"

And here about the man himself,yes not very subtle but alwatys so deep,like the russian language itself:
"I sizhy pod oknom,
za oknom - osina,
Ja lubil nemnogich,
Odnako silno"

and again this self - mocking bitter humor of his:
"nemydrenno chto za eti rechi
mne nikto ne lozhit svoich nog na plechi"...

Yep,yep,that what a man can remember but to get his poetry You need to imagine this man,product of his times,an ant in this coloss of Soviet Union,small jewish ant with audacity of an elephant.

He managed to get over his time,over his destiny,over every obstacle that has been erected before him so when he's writing it's really as Achmatova said "a fabulous poetry"