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.