ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN

(1918 - 2008) 89

WRITER

Wikipedia Profile

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning author whose books chronicled the horrors of the Soviet gulag system, has died of heart failure. He was 89. Full Article (Variety)

AWARDS

1970: Nobel: Literature (Winner)

1983: Templeton Prize (Winner)

1983: State Prize of the Russian Federation (Winner)

NOTED WORKS

For a full filmography, visit: Internet Movie Database Profile

Novellas:

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
• An Incident at Krechetovka Station (1963)

Novels:

• The First Circle (1968)
• Cancer Ward (1968)
• The Gulag Archipelago (1973-78)