Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak turned down the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel "Doctor Zhivago" due to pressure from the Soviet government. He feared that accepting the prize would put his safety and that of his family at risk.
Boris Pasternak, the author of "Doctor Zhivago," declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958 due to pressure from the Soviet government. They feared that his acceptance would worsen relations with the Soviet authorities and put his family in danger.
Frederick Sanger won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1958.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958.
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1958.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1958 was awarded to Georges Pire.
Edward Lawrie Tatum won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958.
Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. However, due to political pressures from the Soviet government, he was forced to decline the award.
Georges Pire won The Nobel Peace Prize in 1958.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958 was awarded to Frederick Sanger for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin.
Joshua Lederberg won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958.
Frederick Sanger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1958 for his work on the structure of proteins, especially insulin. He later won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 for his development of DNA sequencing techniques.
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1958.