Who wrote Dr Zhivago?

Also question is, why was Doctor Zhivago banned?

The Soviet government refused to allow him to accept the Nobel Prize, and he was banished from the Soviet Writers Union. The latter action ended Pasternak's writing career. Pasternak died in May 1960 from a combination of cancer and heart disease. Doctor Zhivago refused to die with him, though.

Subsequently, question is, who wrote Dr Zhivago music? Maurice Jarre

Accordingly, is Doctor Zhivago based on a true story?

For the character of Lara in Boris Pasternak's Nobel prize-winning masterpiece, “Dr. Zhivago,” was based on his mistress, Olga Ivinskaia, the woman he loved until he died in May, 1960.

What is the story behind Dr Zhivago?

Doctor Zhivago tells the story of Yury Zhivago, a man torn between his love for two women while caught in the tumultuous course of twentieth century Russian history. Yury's mother dies when he is still a young boy, and he is raised by his uncle Kolya. He enrolls at the university in Moscow, studying medicine.