Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

@Author, Birthday and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, short-story writer and historian Nobel Laureates In Literature Russian Writers Novelists Sagittarius Celebrities Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, short-story writer and historian. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his pursuit of the traditions of Russian literature. He was a Captain of artillery in World War II. Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned for eight years after he wrote a letter in which he criticized Joseph Stalin. He began his writing career after a period of enforced exile. His writings reflected his ideas about a benevolent totalitarian regime based on Russian’s time-honored values. His frank views against the contemporary repressive government policies infuriated the Soviet Press. Even though critics charged him with anti-Semitism, Solzhenitsyn’s works reveal an intelligent approach toward the revolutionary Jews. After he was denied publication in Russia, he started circulating his works privately in the form of ‘Samizdat’ literature. He was accused of treason and exiled from the Soviet Union after he published ‘The Gulag Archipelago’, a literary-historical record of the prisons and labor camps in Russia during Stalin’s rule. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he returned to Russia. His philosophy plays a major role in the film ‘Cloud Atlas’ and his reflections on Russian history and literature are documented in Alexander Sokurov’s ‘The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn’.

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Birthday: December 11, 1918 Died on: August 3, 2008 Nationality: Russian Famous: Author, Nobel Laureates In Literature, Writers, Novelists Spouses: Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya (m. 1957–1972), Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova (m.1973–2008) Known as: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Childrens: Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, Yermolai Solzhenitsyn Information Detail Birthday December 11, 1918 Died on August 3, 2008 Nationality Russian Famous Author, Nobel Laureates In Literature, Writers, Novelists Spouses Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya (m. 1957–1972), Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova (m.1973–2008) Known as Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Childrens Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, Yermolai Solzhenitsyn Universities Southern Federal University Birth Place Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR Born Country Russia Gender Male Father T Mother Taisiya Solzhenitsyna Sun Sign Sagittarius Born in Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR Famous as Author Died at Age 89

Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn married Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya on 7 April 1940. In 1952, they got divorced because the wives of Gulag prisoners were not given work or residence permits. They remarried in 1957 but divorced again in 1972. Unsplash Personal Life

In 1973, he married Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova, a mathematician. The couple had three sons who are all US citizens. Unsplash Personal Life

Solzhenitsyn’s adopted son, Demitri Turin died on March 18, 1994. Unsplash Personal Life

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsk, Russia, on December 11, 1918. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father, Isaakiy Solzhenitsyn died before he was born. Solzhenitsyn was brought up by his widowed mother, Taisiya Solzhenitsyn in Russian Orthodox faith. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics at Rostov State University. Simultaneously, he took correspondence courses from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1945, he was involved in major action in World War II and served as a commander of a sound-ranging battery in the Red Army. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

On February 1945, Solzhenitsyn was arrested for writing insulting comments in private letters to a friend about the conduct of the war by Joseph Stalin. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1962, Solzhenitsyn’s first major novel ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’ was published in the ‘Novyi Mir’ magazine. Unsplash Literary Career

In 1964, Nikita Krushchev fell from power and Solzhenitsyn’s works were intensely criticized. By 1965, he became a non-person and his manuscripts were seized. Unsplash Literary Career

However, his international reputation was unflagging and foreign publications released his ‘The First Circle’ (1968) and ‘Cancer Ward’ (1968). Unsplash Literary Career

His first historical novel, ‘August, 1914’ was also published outside the Soviet Union in the year 1971. Unsplash Literary Career

In December 1973, the first parts of ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ were published in installments in Paris. Unsplash Literary Career

‘The Gulag Archipelago’ (1973) is Solzhenitsyn’s most important work and has sold over thirty million copies in thirty-five languages. The same work led to his exile from the Soviet Union. Unsplash Major Works

His ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’ (1962), an account of the Stalinist repression, appeared on the ‘Independent’ newspaper's poll of the Top 100 books. The book also formed a part of school curriculum in the Soviet Union. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	December 11, 1918
Died on	August 3, 2008
Nationality	Russian
Famous	Author, Nobel Laureates In Literature, Writers, Novelists
Spouses	Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya (m. 1957–1972), Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova (m.1973–2008)
Known as	Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Childrens	Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, Yermolai Solzhenitsyn
Universities	Southern Federal University
Birth Place	Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR
Born Country	Russia
Gender	Male
Father	T
Mother	Taisiya Solzhenitsyna
Sun Sign	Sagittarius
Born in	Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR
Famous as	Author
Died at Age	89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian

Dec 11, 1918

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Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR