On this date, October 25, 1958, the Swedish Academy received a letter from the Russian author Boris Pasternak confirming his acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature. However, four days later, he rejected the honour.
Through her official account on the social media site “Twitter,” the Nobel International Prize tweeted: On this day in 1958, Boris Pacterak, author of “Dr.
Zivago “, who accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature through telegram but rejected it four days later,
Paul Pasterak
For the government officials to reject the honour, the Nobel Prize said that Boris Pasterak was one of the four winners.
It is noteworthy that the novel “Dr.
Zivago” has caused controversy, leading the Soviet Union to ban it, despite the fact that it was published in several nations, including the United States of America. As a result, the writer was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature, even though he was not able to accept it.
Boris Pasterak was born in Russia in 1890, and by the time of the Russian revolution he was a well -known poet, but during the 1920s and thirties of the last century the Communist regime of Joseph Stalin imposed strict control over Russian art and literature.
Over the course of this time, Pasterak worked as a translator. In 1956, he finished the novel “Dr.
Zivago, an epic love story that takes place during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, infuriated Soviet officials, particularly Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. The Soviets claimed that the book gives a romantic character to the Russian upper class before the Revolution and reduces the amount of farmers and workers who fought against the Caesarean regime. The official Soviet press rejected the publication of the book and found the book to be unworthy of publication.
Doctor Zivago
The book started to appear in numerous translations by 1958, including one that was published in the United States on September 5, 1958.
The accolades for Pasterak’s book did not make a difference, and the Soviet government forbade him from accepting the Nobel Prize. Pasterak passed away in May 1960 from a variety of heart and cancer problems, but Dr.
In 1965, the novel was adapted into a popular motion picture starring Omar Al-Sharif, and in 1987, it was published in Russia. Zivago refused to die with him.
On this day, Pasterak consented to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature, but after four days, he rejected it.
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