 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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| Joseph Brodsky | |
 "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity." | |
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| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Academy |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| Website | Official website |
The 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Russian–American poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996) "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity."[1][2][3]
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 nobelprize.org
- ^ Howell Raines (23 October 1987). "Exiled Soviet Poet Wins Nobel Prize in Literature". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Seamus Heaney (8 November 1987). "Brodsky's Nobel: What the Applause Was About". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.