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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Also known as Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11, 1918, and died on August 3, 2008. He is recognized in the Nobel Literature collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

Solzhenitsyn received one Nobel Prize. His works are represented in a collection with two items. An official website titled "Александр Исаевич Солженицын — официальный сайт" is dedicated to his life, work, and legacy in Russian and world history.

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Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, RSFSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian writer. A prominent Soviet dissident, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, in particular the Gulag system. Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and remained…

Known for

The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History — Self - Writer (archive footage)2023
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes — Self (archive footage)2015
Solzhenitsyn: Trilogy — Self2008
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree — Self2008
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism — Self (archive footage)1999
The Knot — Self1998
Alexander Solzhenitsyn — himself1992
Apostrophes — Self1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1974

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1970
“for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature”

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Official website

Александр Исаевич Солженицын — официальный сайт

Сайт посвящен Александру Исаевичу Солженицыну — его творчеству, его жизни, его следу в российской и мировой истории.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Alexander
Gender: male
Citizenship: statelessness
Place of birth: Kislovodsk
Place of death: Moscow
Child: Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Occupation: short story writer
Educated at: Rostov State University
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Religion: Russian Orthodox Church
Award: Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
Student of: Dmitry Morduhai-Boltovskoi
Field of work: Gulag
Genre: essay
Conflict: Eastern Front
Military rank: captain
Official website: www.solzhenitsyncenter.org
Image: Solzhenitsyn in Duma (28-10-1994).jpg
Significant event: rehabilitation
Political ideology: Leninism

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Commons category: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
place of burial: Donskoe cemetery
member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
date of birth: 1918-01-01
date of death: 2008-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
cause of death: heart failure
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Александр Исаевич Солженицын
place of detention: Lubyanka Building
allegiance: Soviet Union
writing language: Russian
name in native language: Александр Исаевич Солженицын
present in work: The Gulag Archipelago
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) 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.

Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and remained devout members of the Russian Orthodox Church. At a young age he became an atheist and embraced Marxism–Leninism. While serving as a captain in the Red Army during World War II, Solzhenitsyn was arrested by SMERSH and sentenced to eight years in the Gulag and then internal exile for criticizing Joseph Stalin in private correspondence with another field officer. As a result of his experience in prison and the camps, he gradually became a philosophically minded Eastern Orthodox Christian.

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