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Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-boris-pasternak-won-and-lost-nobel-prize-180965368/?Zhivago
TIL that Dr. Zhivago was rejected for publication within the USSR for its anti-soviet messages and was secretly translated and published in Italy. The book became world famous and the CIA helped with its popularisation, which led to Pasternak winning the Nobel in 1958 which he was forced to refuse.
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He would go on to play 6 seasons in the NHL for the Bruins.
Admittedly the title raises a few questions, which are answered in the article. The word limit on reddit is pretty hard to work with