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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn [a] [b] (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) [6] [7] was a Russian author and Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (born Dec. 11, 1918, Kislovodsk, Russia—died Aug. 3, 2008, Troitse-Lykovo, near Moscow) was a Russian novelist and historian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970.
Winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia. He studied mathematics at Rostov University, while at the same time taking correspondence courses from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 was awarded to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"
The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (‹See Tfd› Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, romanized: Arkhipelag GULAG) is a three-volume series written between 1958 and 1968 by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a Soviet dissident.
Aug 3, 2008 · Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970. Born: 11 December 1918, Kislovodsk, Russia. Died: 3 August 2008, Troitse-Lykovo, Russia. Residence at the time of the award: USSR (now Russia) Prize motivation: “for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature” Language: Russian.
The Gulag Archipelago is a history and memoir of life in the Soviet Union’s prison camp system by Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It was first published in Paris in three volumes in 1973–75.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (born Dec. 11, 1918, Kislovodsk, Russia—died Aug. 3, 2008, Troitse-Lykovo, near Moscow), Russian novelist and historian. He fought in World War II but was arrested in 1945 for criticizing Joseph Stalin.
A Great Russian novelist, historian, and philosopher, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on the 11 th of December in 1819 in Kislovodsk, former Russian SFSR. His father, Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn, was of Russian descent, while his mother, Taisiya Zakharovna, was Ukrainian.
The Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center supports explorations into the life and writings of the Nobel Laureate and Russian writer and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
