In 1956, 100-year-old Italian journalist Sergio D’Angelo, who rescued the manuscript of Boris Pasternak’s novel Doctor Zhivago by removing it from the USSR, died. In this respect informs Italian agency Ansa.
D’Angelo died at his home in San Martino al Cimino. His daughter, Francesca, stated that no solemn memorial service could be held for the deceased.
Politician and publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli asked D’Angelo, who works in Moscow, to find books that might interest Western audiences. In the USSR, the publication of Pasternak was refused, and in November 1956, after negotiations with the author, the journalist removed the manuscript.
The novel was published in an Italian translation in 1957. In 1958, Pasternak received the Nobel Prize for the novel, which he rejected due to pressure at home. Later, the author’s heirs accused D’Angelo of distorting the facts and trying to make money from the publication of Doctor Zhivago. Feltrinelli was expelled from the Italian Communist Party and Pasternak was expelled from the Writers’ Union for publication of the book.
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