PASTERNAK BORIS (1890-1960) Okhrannaya gramota [Safe Conduct]: [Memoirs 1900-1930]. Leningrad: Izdatelstvo pisatelei v Leningrade, 1931. - 128 p.; 18x13 cm. Edition of 6,200 copies.

In the publisher's cardboard binding by the artist M. Kirnarsky. In very good condition. Minor wear on the corners. "Okhrannaya gramota" is an autobiographical novella by Boris Pasternak, which he started working on in 1927. It was published in parts: the first part appeared in Zvezda (1929, No. 8), and the second and third parts in Krasnaya Nov (1931, No. 4, 5, 6). In the same year, "Okhrannaya gramota" was released as a separate edition. The novella faced a wave of disapproving reviews and ideological censorship, and it was not reprinted during the author's lifetime. Pasternak Boris Leonidovich (1890-1960) was a Russian poet, writer, and one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958.