Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1958
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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, born on February 10, 1890, in Moscow, was a Russian poet and novelist. He is best known for his novel "Doctor Zhivago," published in 1957, which sparked significant controversy in the Soviet Union. In 1958, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition. Pasternak passed away on May 30, 1960.
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- Who is Boris Leonidovich Pasternak?
- Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, born on February 10, 1890, in Moscow, was a Russian poet and novelist. He is best known for his novel "Doctor Zhivago," published in 1957, which sparked significant controversy in the Soviet Union. In 1958, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition. Pasternak passed away on May 30, 1960.
- In what year did Boris Leonidovich Pasternak win the Nobel Prize?
- 1958 — Literature