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Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian dissident and novelist who exposed the horrors of the Soviet forced labor system in his books The Cancer Ward, The First Circle and The Gulag Archipelago.
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Fast Facts
- Born: December 11, 1918ABC News (Australia): Writer Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89 (August 3, 2008)
- Died: August 3, 2008ABC News (Australia): Writer Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89 (August 3, 2008)
- Won 1970 Nobel Prize for LiteratureABC News (Australia): Writer Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89 (August 3, 2008)
- Exiled from Soviet Union in 1974ABC News (Australia): Writer Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89 (August 3, 2008)
- Settled in VermontCNN: Russian Novelist Solzhenitsyn Dead (August 3, 2008)
- Returned to Russia in 1994ABC News (Australia): Writer Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89 (August 3, 2008)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn's first novel, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) is the examination of an ordinary day for an ordinary prisoner in a Soviet forced labor camp.Amazon.com: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -
The Cancer Ward
Published in 1968, Solzhenitsyn's autobiographical novel chronicles the experiences of a group of cancer patients in the hospital of a Soviet forced labor camp. Solzhenitsyn nearly died of cancer while a prisoner.Amazon.com: Cancer Ward -
The First Circle
Published the same year as The Cancer Ward, The First Circle is also autobiographical. Solzhenitsyn drew from his experiences in special technically-oriented labor camps in the 1950s.Amazon.com: The First Circle -
The Gulag Archipelago
The work which led to Solzhenitsyn's exile from the Soviet Union, The Gulag Archipelago is a massive collection of primary documents and eyewitness testimony describing the horrors of the Soviet forced labor system.Amazon.com: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One) -
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RussiaToday: Nobel Winner Accuses Ukrainian Authorities of 'Historical Revisionism'
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Columbia University: Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address
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The New York Times: Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89
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Miami Herald: Solzhenitsyn Novel Coming Uncut in English
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NobelPrize.org: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Autobiography
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But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's free again." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The First Circle"1968
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....the heavy curtains which are so dear to you--you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), wh
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's free again." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The First Circle"1968
@Lizucu | November 11, 2009 02:26 PM -
....the heavy curtains which are so dear to you--you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
@allaglow129 | November 11, 2009 04:14 AM -
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn RT @pezinhosnareia: lech walesa .... @geophys @pezinhosnareia Quem derrubou a 1a pedra?
@Apdeites | November 09, 2009 07:46 PM -
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), wh
@Beau775 | November 09, 2009 07:00 PM
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's free again." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The First Circle"1968
@Lizucu | November 11, 2009 02:26 PM -
....the heavy curtains which are so dear to you--you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
@allaglow129 | November 11, 2009 04:14 AM -
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn RT @pezinhosnareia: lech walesa .... @geophys @pezinhosnareia Quem derrubou a 1a pedra?
@Apdeites | November 09, 2009 07:46 PM -
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), wh
@Beau775 | November 09, 2009 07:00 PM
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's free again." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The First Circle"1968
@Lizucu | November 11, 2009 02:26 PM -
....the heavy curtains which are so dear to you--you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
@allaglow129 | November 11, 2009 04:14 AM -
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn RT @pezinhosnareia: lech walesa .... @geophys @pezinhosnareia Quem derrubou a 1a pedra?
@Apdeites | November 09, 2009 07:46 PM -
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), wh
@Beau775 | November 09, 2009 07:00 PM
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Solzhenitsyn gained worldwide renown for his novels on Soviet labor camps. In 1970 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His major novels include "Cancer Ward," and "Gulag Archipelago," which finally led to his deportation from the Soviet ...
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Great Writers: Alexander Solzhenitsyn [VHS] - $19.95
Solzhenitsyn gained worldwide renown for his novels on Soviet labor camps. In 1970 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His major novels include "Cancer Ward," and "Gulag Archipelago," which finally led to his deportation from the Soviet ...
Amazon -
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - $14.00
The first published novel of controversial Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn— now in trade paperback. First published in 1962, this book is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from ...
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Great Writers - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - $19.99
The Great Writers series is an informative and revealing look into the lives and literary works of the foremost writers of the Twentieth Century. These stimulating shows focus on world authors whose groundbreaking works made a major impact...
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Great Writers: Alexander Solzhenitsyn [VHS] - $19.95
Solzhenitsyn gained worldwide renown for his novels on Soviet labor camps. In 1970 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His major novels include "Cancer Ward," and "Gulag Archipelago," which finally led to his deportation from the Soviet ...
Amazon -
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - $14.00
The first published novel of controversial Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn— now in trade paperback. First published in 1962, this book is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from ...
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Great Writers - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - $19.99
The Great Writers series is an informative and revealing look into the lives and literary works of the foremost writers of the Twentieth Century. These stimulating shows focus on world authors whose groundbreaking works made a major impact...
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Great Writers: Alexander Solzhenitsyn [VHS] - $19.95
Solzhenitsyn gained worldwide renown for his novels on Soviet labor camps. In 1970 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His major novels include "Cancer Ward," and "Gulag Archipelago," which finally led to his deportation from the Soviet ...
Amazon -
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - $14.00
The first published novel of controversial Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn— now in trade paperback. First published in 1962, this book is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from ...
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Great Writers - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - $19.99
The Great Writers series is an informative and revealing look into the lives and literary works of the foremost writers of the Twentieth Century. These stimulating shows focus on world authors whose groundbreaking works made a major impact...
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But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power - he's free again." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "The First Circle"1968
@Lizucu | November 11, 2009 02:26 PM -
....the heavy curtains which are so dear to you--you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside." (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
@allaglow129 | November 11, 2009 04:14 AM -
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn RT @pezinhosnareia: lech walesa .... @geophys @pezinhosnareia Quem derrubou a 1a pedra?
@Apdeites | November 09, 2009 07:46 PM -
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), wh
@Beau775 | November 09, 2009 07:00 PM
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December 1949. Joseph Stalin rules Russia through a brutal regime of terror and systematized torture. Inside Mavrino Prison, the first circle of penal hell in Stalin's Russia, the inmates - physicists, mathematicians, electrical engineers...
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - $14.00
The first published novel of controversial Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn— now in trade paperback. First published in 1962, this book is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from ...
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Great Writers - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - $19.99
The Great Writers series is an informative and revealing look into the lives and literary works of the foremost writers of the Twentieth Century. These stimulating shows focus on world authors whose groundbreaking works made a major impact...
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