Born: 10 February 1890 · Died: 30 May 1960 · Age at death: 70
How old was Boris Pasternak when he died?
Boris Pasternak died aged 70. He was born on 10 February 1890 and died on 30 May 1960.
Russian poet and author of Doctor Zhivago, who was forced by Soviet authorities to decline the Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know?He was forced by the Soviet authorities to decline the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Quick facts
Date of birth10 February 1890
Date of death30 May 1960
Age at death70
Cause of deathLung cancer
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceMoscow, Russia
Occupationwriter, poet, translator
Editor's Take:
Boris Pasternak was a great poet who became famous for a novel. Doctor Zhivago told the story of love and survival in the Russian Revolution. Banned in the Soviet Union, it was smuggled abroad and became a worldwide bestseller. Its success brought him the Nobel Prize and a fierce campaign of persecution. He remains a symbol of artistic courage under dictatorship.
Key Milestones
1922: My Sister, Life – poetry
1940s: Translations – Shakespeare and Goethe
1957: Doctor Zhivago – published in Italy
1958: Nobel Prize in Literature
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (10 February 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pasternak's first book of poems, My Sister, Life, was published in Berlin in 1922 and soon became an important collection in the Russian language.
Boris Pasternak's birthday is February 10. He was born on February 10, 1890 in Moscow, Russia.
How old was Boris Pasternak when he died?
Boris Pasternak died on May 30, 1960, aged 70.
Who shares a birthday with Boris Pasternak?
Famous people who share Boris Pasternak's February 10 birthday include Bertolt Brecht, Harold Macmillan, Mia Khalifa, Peter III of Russia and Lee Hsien Loong.
