Pasternak

American  

[pas-ter-nak, puh-styir-nahk] / ˈpæs tərˌnæk, pə styɪrˈnɑk /

noun

1. Boris Leonidovich 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel Prize.

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Pasternak British  

/ ˈpæstəˌnæk, pəstɪrˈnak /

noun

1. Boris Leonidovich (baˈris lɪaˈnidəvitʃ). 1890–1960, Russian lyric poet, novelist, and translator, noted particularly for his novel of the Russian Revolution, Dr. Zhivago (1957). He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1958, but was forced to decline it

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Example Sentences

“If not the Americans, then the Europeans will definitely support us,” said Oleksiy Pasternak, a 38-year-old engineering officer serving in northeastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’re trying to reflect our deep roots as a center for social good in art and a place for people of all backgrounds to come together,” said Anne Pasternak, the museum’s director since 2015.

From New York Times

“We welcome the debate,” Anne Pasternak, the museum’s director, said in an interview.

From New York Times

“You have to be an octopus, and the new generation of museum directors will have to be entrepreneurs,” said Anne Pasternak, the director of the Brooklyn Museum.

From New York Times

This Oscar-winning historical romance, a dramatization of Boris Pasternak’s 1957 classic but controversial novel of the same name, follows a decades-long, star-crossed love affair set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

From New York Times