Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

(1918–2008) poet Soviet Union

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[Wikidata] Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)... | [Wikipedia] Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the

About Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature". His nonfiction work The Gulag Archipelago "amounted to a head-on challenge to the Soviet state" and sold tens of millions of copies.

Known for:

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich|The First Circle|Two Hundred Years Together|Cancer Ward|The Gulag Archipelago|Lenin in Zurich

Notable works:

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Awards:

Nobel Prize in Literature|Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Templeton Prize|Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"|Order of the Star of Romania|Lomonosov Gold Medal|International Botev Prize|TEFI|State Prize of the Russian Federation|Order of the Red Star|Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called|Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow|honorary citizen of Ryazan|Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class|Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania|honorary doctor of Syracuse University|The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism|Q126325594

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