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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich (păs'turnăk", Rus. burēs' lyā"unyē'duvich pustyirnäk') [key], 18901960, Russian poet and translator. Pasternak became an international symbol of the incorruptible moral courage of an artist in conflict with his political environment.

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