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| Author | Boris Pasternak |
|---|---|
| Original title | Доктор Живаго |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Historical, Romantic novel |
| Publisher | Feltrinelli (first edition), Pantheon Books |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | Italy |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 592 (Pantheon) |
| ISBN | 0-679-77438-6 (Pantheon) |
Doctor Zhivago (/ʒɪˈvɑːɡoʊ/ zhiv-AH-goh;[1] Russian: До́ктор Жива́го, IPA: [ˈdoktər ʐɨˈvaɡə]) is a novel by Russian poet, author and composer Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and World War II.
Owing to the author's critical stance on the October Revolution, Doctor Zhivago was refused publication in the USSR. At the instigation of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, the manuscript was smuggled to Milan and published in 1957. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature the following year, an event that embarrassed and enraged the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[2]
The novel was made into a film by David Lean in 1965, and since then has twice been adapted for television, most recently as a miniseries for Russian TV in 2006. The novel Doctor Zhivago has been part of the Russian school curriculum since 2003, where it is read in 11th grade.[3]
- ^ "Doctor Zhivago". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Koppel, Ted (2 July 2014). "A Writer Who Defied The System In 'The Zhivago Affair'". NPR. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
The operation was intended to infuriate the Soviet government and it did.
- ^ Меньшенина, Елена (23 October 2013). ""Не читал, но осуждаю!»: 5 фактов о романе «Доктор Живаго"". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018.