This is the story of a man who imposed his constitution on the world. About a boy from Leningrad who wanted to become a world-famous poet—and did. America and Russia, of course, are Brodsky's main countries. But only in his beloved Italy do you suddenly realize that Joseph Alexandrovich, our contemporary who answered his cell phone, actually lived before our era and came to us through translations from Latin. In other words, he became a classic during his lifetime.
