Иосиф Бродский: Опыт литературной биографии

Kniga ob Iosife Brodskom, napisannai͡a Lʹvom Losevym, vpervye byla izdana v 2006 godu i srazu stala ochenʹ znachimym kulʹturnym sobytiem. Nevozmozhno svesti biografii͡u poėta stolʹ iskli͡uchitelʹnogo darovanii͡a k nekoĭ summe bolee ili menee izvestnykh faktov. Zhiznennyĭ putʹ Iosifa Brodskogo neotdelim ot puti literaturnogo, ikh vzaimovlii͡anie bessporno, dramaticheskie povoroty v sudʹbe poėta byli obuslovleny v pervui͡u ocheredʹ ego stremleniem k tvorcheskoĭ svobode. Lʹva Loseva svi͡azyvala s Iosifom Brodskim ne tolʹko mnogoletni͡ai͡a druzhba: Losev perevodil ego ėsseistiku, byl issledovatelem i kommentatorom stikhotvornogo nasledii͡a. Svoeĭ knige Lev Losev dal podzagolovok "Opyt literaturnoĭ biografii", soediniv biograficheskui͡u kanvu s razlichnymi aspektami tvorcheskoĭ biografii Brodskogo, obrativshisʹ k istokam ego poėtiki, ėticheskomu i ėsteticheskomu kredo, vlii͡anii͡u literaturnoĭ tradit͡sii i t. d. Brodskiĭ predstaet ne tolʹko iskli͡uchitelʹno muzhestvennym chelovekom, no i originalʹnym myslitelem, vydai͡ushchimsi͡a masterom slova. Izdanie snabzheno vkleĭkoĭ s illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami.

The book about Joseph Brodsky, written by Lev Losev, was first published in 2006 and immediately became a very significant cultural event. It is impossible to reduce the biography of a poet of such exceptional talent to a certain sum of more or less well-known facts. Joseph Brodsky's life path is inseparable from the literary path, their mutual influence is indisputable, the dramatic turns in the poet's fate were primarily due to his desire for creative freedom. Lev Losev was connected with Joseph Brodsky not only by long-term friendship: Losev translated his essays, was a researcher and commentator on the poetic heritage. Lev Losev subtitled his book "The Experience of literary Biography", combining the biographical outline with various aspects of Brodsky's creative biography, turning to the origins of his poetics, ethical and aesthetic credo, the influence of literary tradition, etc. Brodsky appears not only as an exceptionally courageous man, but also as an original thinker, an outstanding master of words. The edition is provided with an insert with illustrations.