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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Full Name of the recipient | Boris Leonidovich Pasternak |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Literature |
Year of Award | 1958 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
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Motivation for the Award | for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition |
Place of Birth | Moscow, Russia RUS |
Date of Birth | 10 February 1890 |
Age at the time of Award | 67 years |
Place of Death | Peredelkino, Russia RUS |
Date of Death | 30 May 1960 |