I met Evgeny B. in the Hoover Archives. The first time I was stunned because he looked like the old black and white photo of his father come to life. His manners were gentle and quietly exquisite; he was a precise scholar who knew every comma of his father's works.  I visited him later in Moscow to plan the digitization of some original Pasternak papers. After concluding that negotiation,  I showed him a color xerox of a Pasternak holograph being offered to the Hoover Archives for sale. I was worried that it might have been stolen and wanted to check with him before buying it. Evgeny immediately examined it in detail, compared it with various books. After about twenty minutes he looked up and quietly announced that there were five characteristics of the script and text that proved it was not from his father's hand. It was a story worthy of Nabokov. - Elena

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@att.net> wrote:
The source of this news is Pravmir.com, a website sponsored by the Orthodox Church.
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The Son of Boris Pasternak, 88, Dies In Moscow

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Evgeny Pasternak (1923-2012)
Evgeny Pasternak, the Russian literary critic and son of the Nobel-winning author Boris Pasternak, died in Moscow on 31 July, 2012 at the age of 88.
Evgeny Pasternak was born in 1923; his mother was the first wife of Boris Pasternak, Evgenia Lurye. His niece told one of the tabloids that the complications of his age were the cause of death. It should be noted that the weather is extremely hot in Moscow presently. Summer heat and temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celcius in the shade annually claim people’s lives, especially those with a heart condition.
Evgeny Pasternak fought in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded medals for the victory over Germany and for courage. In 1989 he received, on behalf of his late father, a diploma and the medal from the Nobel Prize Committee. He became the first major biographer of his father and prepared the first complete collection of Boris Pasternak’s work for publication, together with the commentary.
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