Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist and translator

Feb. 10, 1980 - 90 years since the birth of Boris Leonidovich Pasternak.He was born in Moscow, son of the artist Leonid Pasternak. In the beginning he belonged to the symbolist and futurist direction, but most popular are his translations of Goethe, Shakespeare and Rilke. Because of his individualism Pasternak was often attacked and reproved by official Soviet authorities. His most famous novel Doctor Zhivago, which was also a great success as a film in the West, was not allowed to appear in the Soviet Union until today. In 1958 Pasternak was proposed for the Nobel Prize for Literature, but the Soviet authorities challenged him to refuse acceptance. Pasternak died on 30 May 1960 at his dacha in Peredelkino, USSR

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