Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

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born

December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russian Federation

died

August 03, 2008

gender

male

website

http://www.solzhenicyn.ru/

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his writings he helped to make the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – particularly The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, two of his best-known works.

Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. He was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and returned to Russia in 1994. Solzhenitsyn was the father of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conductor and pianist.

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Books by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Average rating: 3.94 · 34,338 ratings · 2,018 reviews · 111 distinct works

	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, H. T. Willetts (Translation) 3.88 avg rating — 22,426 ratings — published 1962 — 128 editions	My rating:
	The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Edward E. Ericson Jr. (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 5,343 ratings — published 1958 — 60 editions	My rating:
	Cancer Ward 4.11 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 1968 — 44 editions	My rating:
	The First Circle by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P. Whitney (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 1,650 ratings — published 1968 — 34 editions	My rating:
	August 1914: The Red Wheel - I by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 1970 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV 4.28 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII 4.38 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1978 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Matryona's House, And Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 143 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	We Never Make Mistakes by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Paul W. Blackstock (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Warning to the West 3.84 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

tags: evil , good

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“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

83 people liked it

“A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Cancer Ward

tags: attitude , contentment

43 people liked it

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