Cleared of stealing material for her ‘Dr Zhivago’ novel

An American author has been cleared of stealing the work of Boris Pasternak’s great niece for her own book on Dr Zhivago. Anna Pasternak sued Lara Prescott, claiming her book was the source of Prescott’s novel. But a High Court judge found the copyright for Pasternak’s book ‘Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago’ had not been infringed. The book is a biography of Boris Pasternak and his mistress Olga Ivinskaya, who she claims is the…