Olga Ivinskaya

Olga Ivinskaya
Olga Ivinskaya
Native name	Ольга Всеволодовна Ивинская
Born	June 16, 1912; Tambov, Russian Empire
Died	September 8, 1995 (aged 83); Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Poet
Language	Russian
Nationality	Russian
Spouse	Ivan Emelianov (1936-1939); Alexander Vinogradov (m.1941);
Partner	Boris Pasternak
Children	Irina Emelianov (born 1936); Dmitry Vinogradov;

Olga Vsevolodovna Ivinskaya (Russian: Ольга Всеволодовна Ивинская; June 16, 1912, in Tambov – September 8, 1995, in Moscow) was a Soviet poet and writer. She is best-known as friend and lover of Nobel Prize-winning writer Boris Pasternak during the last 13 years of his life and the inspiration for the character of Lara in his novel Doctor Zhivago (1957).