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Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) was a Russian writer during the time of Stalin. He started his most famous novel, Doctor Zhivago, in the 1930s and finally published it in 1957.
Nobel Prize in Literature
By the terms of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will (1896), the Nobel Prize for Literature is given to the person who has produced "the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency" in the field of literature.
Review: Doctor Zhivago
Ivana Redwine reviews the film on DVD.
Zhivago & the List Controversy
"The Guardian" reports on the new debate that's being waged over "Doctor Zhivago," and other books on the Russian literature "essential reading" lists.