PoemHunter.com

Poet: Boris Pasternak - All poems of Boris Pastern

7/9/2008 12:04:59 AM

Home

Poets

POEMS

LYRICS

MUSIC

QUOTATIONS

SEARCH

Boris Pasternak
(1890 - 1960)

Free Poetry E-Book:
3 poems of Boris Pasternak
File Size: 43k File Format: Acrobat Reader
To download the eBook right-Click on the title and select "Save Target As". more ebooks >>

• Biography • Poems • Quotations • Comments • More Info • Stats

Russian novelist and poet Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born in Moscow, into a upper-class Jewish family of artists. His father, Leonid Osipovich Pasternak, held a position as professor at the Moscow School of Painting, and his mother, Rosa Kaufman, was an acclaimed concert pianist. Artists and po .. .. more >>

Poems	Search in the poems of Boris Pasternak

Click the title of the poem you'd like read.

Quotations | more quotations >>

"No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim."
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), Russian poet, novelist, translator. Doctor Zhivago, ch. 12, sct. 7 (1957).

"As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy.... Translation is very much like copying paintings."
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), Russian poet, novelist, translator. Interview in Writers at Work, Second Series, ed. George Plimpton (1963). "The only interesting sort of translating is that of classics," Pasternak believed.

Comments about Boris Pasternak

There is no comment submitted by members..

Click here to write your comments about Boris Pasternak

Web pages / more info about Boris Pasternak | more resources >>

Boris Pasternak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An illustrated biography of the Russian poet and novelist from the online collaborative encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Pasternak

Boris Pasternak - Biography
Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960), born in Moscow, was the son of talented artists: his father a painter and illustrator of Tolstoy's ...
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1958/pasternak-bio.html

Literature 1958
Boris Pasternak · Biography · Bibliography · Other Resources · Tell us about your favourite book! Tell us about your favourite book! ...
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1958/

Boris Pasternak
Biography, descriptions of books, including Doctor Zhivago (1957), and complete listing of works, from Books and Writers.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pasterna.htm

>> Click for more web resources about Boris Pasternak

People who read Boris Pasternak also read:

More classic poets:

The complete list >>

Lyrics

The complete list >>

(c) Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge.. About Us | Copyright notice | Privacy statement | Help
7/9/2008 12:04:59 AM. You Are Here: Poet: Boris Pasternak - All poems of Boris Pasternak