I first fell in love with Doctor Zhivago as a 20-year-old university student. So influential was the novel that I actually considered switching programs and enrolling in pre-med, went so far as ...

Boris Pasternak was born into an artistic family. His father, Leonid Pasternak, was a well-known artist, a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, and a renowned expert in book illustrations, ...

Oh, the agony of it all. Wolves howl. Snow falls. Grenades explode. Guns blare. Vodka flows. Bodies fall. Marching boots stomp. Depressed and dying lovers search the Russian steppes for each other in ...

When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The Zhivago Affair,” ...

00:01, Tue, Feb 10, 2015 Updated: 14:39, Tue, Feb 10, 2015 1. Pasternak started writing Doctor Zhivago around 1915 but did not finish it until 1956. 2. It was then refused publication in Russia ...

The selection of Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” for a Nobel Prize has attracted the interest of many Jews who feel the novel makes a case against Jewish survival. The author who ...

As Anna Pasternak evinces in Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago, the muse often suffers You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

Des McAnuff directs this lavish musical based on the 1957 Boris Pasternak novel that also inspired David Lean's classic 1965 screen epic. By THR Staff Doctor Zhivago - H 2015 Speaking of Lara, it’s ...

With unprecedented access to family sources, Anna Pasternak uncovers the heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between her great uncle, writer Boris Pasternak, and his mistress Olga ...

Noted Russian poet Boris Pasternak is ironically best known for a novel, Doctor Zhivago, first published in 1957 in Italy, translated into many languages and made into a memorable film in 1965. It was ...