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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) 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.
May 29, 2024 · 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.
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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"
Learn about the life and works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian writer and dissident who exposed the Gulag system and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. Explore his biographies, essays, novels, memoirs, and more in English and French.
Aug 3, 2008 · Learn about the life and work of the Russian writer who exposed the horrors of the Soviet gulag camps and won the Nobel Prize for his ethical force and humanist vision. Find out his biography, prize motivation, books and more on NobelPrize.org.
Aug 4, 2008 · Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful...
The Russian writer and Nobel laureate reflects on the nature, purpose and role of art in his speech. He explores the themes of beauty, truth, goodness and the human condition, and cites Dostoevsky's prophecy that "Beauty will save the world".
