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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Russian: Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, 1890-1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist and literary translator. Born in Moscow to the painter Leonid Pasternak and the pianist Rosalia Kaufman, he first made his name as a poet with My Sister, Life (1922) and supported himself for years translating Shakespeare and Goethe into Russian. His novel Doctor Zhivago, refused publication at home, appeared in Italy in 1957 and became a bestseller in the West while circulatin...