Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Writer · Soviet Union

Date of birth: December 11, 1918
Died on August 3, 2008: Died at the age of 89; Would have turned 107 today

Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a writer (Soviet Union). Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk. Among other things, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was known for Russian Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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Official websitesolzhenitsyncenter.org

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Work by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Title	Year
Cancer Ward	–
Lenin in Zurich	–
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich	–
Two Hundred Years Together	–
The Gulag Archipelago	–
The First Circle	–

Facts about Aleksandr

Born: December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk
Died: August 3, 2008
Nationality: Soviet Union, Russia, statelessness, and Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Occupations: Writer, Militant, Historian, Teacher, and Poet
Languages: Russian
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 120 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: December 11, 1918
Born on a: Wednesday
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

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What makes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn unique

Generation: Greatest Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 89
Today: Would have turned 107 today

First award in 1944, the year Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn turned 26.

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Awards

Award	Year
Order of the Red Star	1944
Nobel Prize in Literature	1970
Templeton Prize	1983
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	–
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres	–

Groups

Name	From	To
Russian Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts	–	–
USSR Union of Writers	–	–
European Academy of Sciences	–	–
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts	–	–

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