Leonid Andreyev Laughter
Ex2. Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) , short-story writers and playwright, was, like Maxim Gorky, one of the most popular Russian literary figures in the early part of this century. When he began writing he use a realistic style but his works became more symbolic, even mystical.
Nonfiction
Thor Heyerdahl
At the Mercy of the breakers
Ex1. Thor Heyerdahl (1914- ), the Norwegian anthropologist and writer, is best known for his book, Kon-TiKi, the stirring account of the expedition he led across the Pacific Ocean on raft in 1947. This book has been translated twenty-four languages.
Boris Pasternak
Translation Shakespeare
Ex2. Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960), whose is a eloquent testamant to the unconquerable human spirit, achieved international farm as a poet and translator even before he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1958 for his novel,
Dr. Zhivago. Forbidden under pain of exile by the Soviet government to accept the award, Pasternak rejected it and lived in quiet seclusion until his death.