Trivia Question: What Dr. Zhivago author was forced to decline a Nobel Prize by Soviet authorities?
Answer: Boris Pasternak
Pasternak’s novel was fictional but rooted in the actual history of Russia. Because some of Dr. Zhivago portrayed the Bolshevik Revolution and its leaders in a negative light, the Soviets were furious that it became such a hit in the West. They forced Pasternak to refuse his resulting Nobel Prize in order to prove his loyalty to the state.
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