DOCTOR ZHIVAGO: RUSSIAN LITERATURE AS A TOOL OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA DURING THE COLD WAR AND THE ROLE OF THE VATICAN AND FELTRINELLI.

The goal of my contribution is to underline the role of the novel Doctor Zhivago by the Russian author Boris Pasternak during the Cold War. Particularly, I would like to point out how the novel and the Nobel Prize given to its author were used by the US intelligence as a "soft power" weapon against Soviet Union, with the collaboration of two Italians: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and The Vatican. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]