The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of science, culture and social activities. Several domestic writers also received this award for their services in literature.
Ivan Alekseevich Bunin - the first Russian laureate
In 1933, Bunin became the first Russian writer to receive the Nobel Prize "for the true artistic talent with which he recreated a typical Russian character in prose." The work that influenced the jury's decision was the autobiographical novel Life of Arsenyev. Forced to leave his homeland because of disagreement with the Bolshevik regime, Bunin wrote a piercing and touching work, full of love for the motherland and longing for it. Having witnessed the October Revolution, the writer did not accept the changes that occurred and the loss of Tsarist Russia. He sadly recalled the old days, magnificent noble estates, measured life in family estates. As a result, Bunin created a large-scale literary canvas in which he expressed his innermost thoughts.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak - award for poetry in prose
Pasternak received the award in 1958 "for outstanding achievements in modern lyric poetry and in the traditional field of great Russian prose." Critics especially noted the novel "Doctor Zhivago." However, in the homeland of Pasternak, a different reception awaited. A deep work on the life of the domestic intelligentsia was negatively accepted by the authorities. Pasternak was expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers and practically forgot about its existence. Pasternak had to refuse the award.
Pasternak not only wrote works, but was also a talented translator.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov - singer of the Russian Cossacks
In 1965, Sholokhov received a prestigious award, creating a large-scale epic novel "Quiet Don". It still seems incredible how a young, 23-year-old aspiring writer was able to create such a deep and voluminous work. Regarding the authorship of Sholokhov, even disputes were held with supposedly irrefutable evidence of plagiarism. Despite all this, the novel was translated into several Western and Eastern languages, and Stalin personally approved it.
Despite the deafening fame of Sholokhov at an early age, his subsequent works were much weaker.
Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn - not accepted by the authorities
Another Nobel laureate who has not received recognition in his native country is Solzhenitsyn. He won the award in 1970 "for the moral strength gleaned in the tradition of great Russian literature." Having been imprisoned for political reasons for about 10 years, Solzhenitsyn was completely disappointed in the ideology of the ruling class. He started publishing quite late, after 40 years, but only 8 years later he was awarded the Nobel Prize - not a single writer had such a quick take-off.
