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The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say.
Boris Pasternak
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Boris Pasternak
Age: 70 †
Born: 1890
Born: February 10
Died: 1960
Died: May 30
Novelist
Pianist
Playwright
Poet
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Holiwis
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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