Joseph Brodsky

Russian-american poet (1940-1996).

Born May 24th, 1940 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died January 28th, 1996 at 55 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
author, dramaturge, essayist, lecturer, playwright, poet, translator, writer
Wikipedia

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe