Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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born

in Kislovodsk, Russian Federation

December 11, 1918

died

August 03, 2008

gender

male

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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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	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts (Translation) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 36,532 ratings — published 1962 — 77 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Edward E. Ericson Jr. (Introduction) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 6,226 ratings — published 1958 — 49 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nicholas Bethell (Translator), David Burg (Translator) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,794 ratings — published 1968 — 48 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P. Whitney (Translator) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 1968 — 43 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulag Archipelago Abridged An Experiment in Literary Investigation 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 889 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P. Whitney (Translator) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 1973 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	August 1914: The Red Wheel - I by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts (Translator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1973 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1973 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matryona's House And Other Stories 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1963 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Aleksandr 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 Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

tags: evil, good

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“It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

tags: august-1914, ignorance, prejudice, tolerance

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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 Solzhenitsyn

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

13 votes, 28.3%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

12 votes, 26.1%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

8 votes, 17.4%

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

7 votes, 15.2%

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

5 votes, 10.9%

The Life of Arseniev: Youth by Ivan Bunin

1 vote, 2.2%

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