Boris Pasternak
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born
December 13, 1901
died
May 30, 1960
gender
male
place of birth
Moscow, Russian Federation
influences
Rachmaninoff, Tolstoy, Rilke, Scriabin, Lermontov, Alexander Blok, Hermann Cohen, Nicolai Hartmann
about this author
correct date of birth - February 10 1890
Refused the award of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature, given "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition."
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Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak avg rating 3.83 — 3,038 ratings — published 1957 111 editions |
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Pasternak: Selected Poems by Boris Pasternak avg rating 4.05 — 64 ratings — published 1984 2 editions |
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My Sister - Life by Boris Pasternak avg rating 4.27 — 33 ratings — published 1983 5 editions |
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The Poems of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak avg rating 4.14 — 29 ratings — published 1969 4 editions |
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Safe Conduct by Boris Pasternak avg rating 3.89 — 18 ratings — published 1958 2 editions |
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Стихотворения и поэмы в двух томах. Том 2 by Boris Pasternak, Борис Пастернак avg rating 5.00 — 9 ratings — published 1990 |
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Борис Пастернак. Проза Поэта by Boris Pasternak, Борис Пастернак avg rating 4.86 — 7 ratings — published 2000 |
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The Last Summer by Boris Pasternak avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1976 5 editions |
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Стихотворения и поэмы в двух томах. Том 1 by Boris Pasternak, Борис Пастернак avg rating 5.00 — 5 ratings — published 1990 |
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Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers by Boris Pasternak avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1961 |
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"I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. "
— Boris Pasternak
— Boris Pasternak
tags:
life
17 people liked it
"How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?"
— Boris Pasternak (El Doctor Zhivago / The Doctor Zhivago)
— Boris Pasternak (El Doctor Zhivago / The Doctor Zhivago)
tags:
alive
9 people liked it
"When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it. "
— Boris Pasternak
— Boris Pasternak
tags:
opportunity
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