Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008).
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician. Born on 11 December 1918 in Kislovodsk, Solzhenitsyn died on 3 August 2008 in Moscow at the age of 89.
Notable works include One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The First Circle and Cancer Ward. Solzhenitsyn studied at Rostov State University. Honours include Order of the Red Star, Nobel Prize in Literature and The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism, among 15 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 160 languages, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is No. 2,784 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 11 December 1918, Kislovodsk
- Died
- 3 August 2008, Moscow (aged 89)
- Country
- Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
- Known as
- Writer, historian, novelist
- Field
- Literature
- Education
- Rostov State University
- Genres
- Short novel, opinion journalism, lexicography
- Languages
- Russian
- Children
- 1
- Wikipedia editions
- 160
Did you know
Lived to 89.
Shares a birthday with Naguib Mahfouz and Hector Berlioz.
One of 3 people in the Index born in Kislovodsk, with Arthur Adamov.
Has a Wikipedia article in 160 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
- FatherIsaacky Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn
- MotherTaisiya Zakharovna Shcerbak
- SpouseNatalia Solzhenitsyna
- SpouseNatalya Reshetovskaya
- ChildIgnat Solzhenitsyn
Honours and works
Awards
- Order of the Red Star1944
- Nobel Prize in Literature1970
- The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1974
- Templeton Prize1983
- Lomonosov Gold Medal1998
- State Prize of the Russian Federation2007
- Honorary doctor of Syracuse University2008
- International Botev Prize2008
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
- Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
- Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
- TEFI
- Order of the Star of Romania
Notable works
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- The First Circle
- Cancer Ward
- The Gulag Archipelago
- Two Hundred Years Together
- Lenin in Zurich
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