Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer. He was a leading voice in the Soviet dissident movement and is best known for his books 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich', 'The Gulag Archipelago', and 'Cancer Ward'. His writings often dealt with themes of totalitarianism, censorship, and the experiences of political prisoners in the Soviet Union.
Born on December 11, 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia.
He served in the Soviet Army during World War II and was decorated for bravery.
In 1945, he was arrested for criticizing Joseph Stalin in a private letter to a friend and spent the next eight years in labor camps and prisons.
After his release, he began writing and gained international acclaim for his books exposing the injustices of the Soviet system.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970.
In 1974, he was expelled from the Soviet Union and lived in exile in Switzerland, the United States, and finally, Russia.
He died on August 3, 2008, in Moscow, Russia.
A novel published in 1962 that chronicles a day in the life of a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp.
A three-volume work published between 1973 and 1978 that documents the system of Soviet forced labor camps and the experiences of the prisoners.
A novel published in 1968 that tells the story of a group of cancer patients in a Soviet hospital and explores the themes of life, death, and freedom.
He is best known for his books 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich', 'The Gulag Archipelago', and 'Cancer Ward'.
His writings often dealt with themes of totalitarianism, censorship, and the experiences of political prisoners in the Soviet Union.
He was arrested for criticizing Joseph Stalin in a private letter to a friend and spent the next eight years in labor camps and prisons. After his release, he began writing and gained international acclaim for his books exposing the injustices of the Soviet system.
It is a three-volume work that documents the system of Soviet forced labor camps and the experiences of the prisoners.
He died on August 3, 2008, in Moscow, Russia.