Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich b. February 10, 1890 d. May 30, 1960 Author. He made his debut 1914 with the collection Bliznets V Tuchakn, and has been recognized for several poems and novels throughout his career. He also worked as a translator, of which William Shakespeare´s Hamlet is notorious. During World War I, he worked at a chemical factory in the Ural mountains. His journey there most likely gave him the material for his most famous work, the modern-day classic "Doctor Zhivago," a novel later to become an Oscar-winning movie, starring Omar Sharif and...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm) Peredelkino Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Tarkovsky, Arseny b. June 25, 1907 d. May 27, 1989 Poet, Translator. One of the more striking Soviet authors to emerge from the post-Stalinist "thaw" period of the early 1960s. His philosophical verse was influenced by the Russian Acmeists Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva, filtered through his own modern sensibilty. Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky was born in Elisavetgrad, Russia. A brilliant linguist, specializing in Asian and Middle Eastern languages, he published his first literary translations in 1932 and worked in this field most of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Peredelkino Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
b. February 10, 1890 d. May 30, 1960