Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1970
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, born on December 11, 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia, was a Russian writer and dissident. He is best known for his works criticizing the Soviet regime, particularly 'The Gulag Archipelago'. In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature. Solzhenitsyn passed away on August 3, 2008.
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- Who is Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn?
- Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, born on December 11, 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia, was a Russian writer and dissident. He is best known for his works criticizing the Soviet regime, particularly 'The Gulag Archipelago'. In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature. Solzhenitsyn passed away on August 3, 2008.
- In what year did Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn win the Nobel Prize?
- 1970 — Literature