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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Born

in Kislovodsk, Russian soviet federative socialist republic

December 10, 1918

Died

August 03, 2008

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

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also known as
Alexander Solzenitsyn (English, alternate)
Αλεξάντρ Σολζενίτσιν (Greek)

Works, including One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) and The Gulag Archipelago (1973-1975), of Soviet writer and dissident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, exposed the brutality of the labor camp system.

This known Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian best helped to make the world aware of the forced Gulag.

Exiled in 1974, he returned to Russia in 1994. Solzhenitsyn fathered of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conductor and pianist.

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 229,125 ratings · 15,171 reviews · 297 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 129,010 ratings — published 1962 — 497 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.33 avg rating — 36,158 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.26 avg rating — 18,014 ratings — published 1967 — 244 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P. Whitney (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 14,736 ratings — published 1973 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.26 avg rating — 10,398 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.48 avg rating — 3,651 ratings — published 1973 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.54 avg rating — 2,743 ratings — published 1973 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,884 ratings — published 1971 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.88 avg rating — 2,907 ratings — published 1963 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	We Never Make Mistakes: Two Short Novels by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Paul W. Blackstock (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Series by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Архипелаг Гулаг (3 books)
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4.39 avg rating — 21,130 ratings

Архипелаг ГУЛАГ (3 books)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

4.39 avg rating — 21,130 ratings

Gulag-arkipelagen (1 book)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,

Thomas P. Whitney (Translator)

4.35 avg rating — 14,736 ratings

The Red Wheel (7 books)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,

Clare Kitson (Translator)

4.00 avg rating — 3,466 ratings

Красное колесо (1 book)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,

Александр Солженицын

3.98 avg rating — 3,120 ratings

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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: black-and-white-thinking, evil, good, good-and-evil

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“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

tags: hunger

1379 likes

“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 I. Solzhenitsyn

tags: august-1914, ignorance, prejudice, tolerance

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August 2017 New School Classic Poll

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, 1982, 295 pgs

46 votes, 14.6%

The Trial by Franz Kafka, 1925, 255 pgs

32 votes, 10.1%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 1969, 448 pgs

29 votes, 9.2%

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28 votes, 8.9%

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906, 335 pgs

26 votes, 8.2%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 1939, 231 pgs

23 votes, 7.3%

Light in August by William Faulkner, 1932, 381 pgs

22 votes, 7.0%

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, 1995, 216 pgs

21 votes, 6.6%

Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières, 1995, 437 pgs

18 votes, 5.7%

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, 1956, 384 pgs

18 votes, 5.7%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 1923, 127 pgs

14 votes, 4.4%

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, 1977, 337 pgs

12 votes, 3.8%

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1962, 182 pgs

9 votes, 2.8%

Brodie's Report by Jorge Luis Borges, 1970, 126 pgs

6 votes, 1.9%

Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes, 1922, 120 pgs

4 votes, 1.3%

Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis, 1927, 352 pgs

3 votes, 0.9%

Soldiers' Pay by William Faulkner, 1926, 265 pgs

3 votes, 0.9%

Manalive by G.K. Chesterton, 1912, 160 pgs

2 votes, 0.6%

316 total votes

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