Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
(29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960)
On October 23, 1958, Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Literature for Doctor Zhivago, his romantic novel set
against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.
The book was banned in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet
government forced the author to renounce the honor.
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