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Pasternak

[pas-ter-nak, puh-styir-nahk]

noun

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



Pasternak

/ 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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“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.

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

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“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.

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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.

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JR’s engagement with timely issues and his inclusiveness make it easy for people to love his work, said Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum.

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