Pasternak
- proper noun
- /ˈpæs.tər.næk/
- Boris Pasternak.
- Boris Pasternak
- Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn
Examples
-
Boris Pasternak wrote the famous novel Doctor Zhivago, which explores the impact of the Russian Revolution.
-
In her essays, Pomorska considers the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Pasternak, Chekhov, and Solzhenitsyn.
Academic text (1993) -
Boris Pasternak.
-
Elizabeth Taylor starred in A Date With Judy... ...one of the first in a new wave of teenage musicals... ...most of them produced by Joe Pasternak.
-
Many readers admire Boris Pasternak for his poetic style and deep philosophical themes.
-
The Nobel Prize awarded to Boris Pasternak in 1958 was a significant moment in literary history.
Synonyms
A Russian writer and poet best known for the novel Doctor Zhivago
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pasternak comes from a Slavic word pasternak that means 'parsnip'. It probably began as a name for someone who grew or sold parsnips, which is why today it is a family name you know from the writer Boris Pasternak.