• Born: December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia
  
• Education: Attended Rostov University for four years and earned a mathematics degree.
        Studied literature, physics, and mathematics by correspondence at the Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature in Moscow, from 1939-1941.
  
• Degrees Held: Degree in Mathematics, Rostov University, 1941
        Honorary Degree from Harvard University, 1978
        Honorary Degree from Holy Cross University, 1984
  
• Awards: Nominated for Lenin Prize, 1964
        Prix du Meilleru Livre Etranger for First Circle and Cancer Ward,1969
        Nobel Prize for Literature, 1970
        Freedom's Foundation Award from Stanford University, 1976
  
• Hobbies: Photography, bicycling, hiking, gardening
  
• Family: Married Natalya Reshetovskaya April 27, 1940. (divorced)
        Remarried in 1956, Divorced in 1972
        Married Natalya Svetlova, April 1973

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. "Alexander Solzhenitsyn." (1998). http://www.nobel.se/laureates/literature-1970-1-autobio.html(1999, September 17)

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Selected Works

• The First Circle. London: Collins, Harvill P., 1968.
        Set on a secluded island, this book describes the lives of research scientists working for the Soviet government. Solzhenitsyn's time as a scientist for the communist regime influences the content of this work.

• Cancer Ward. London: Sydney [etc.] Bodley Head, 1968.

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. London: Bodley Head, 1971.
        This novelette tells the story of Ivan Denisovich, a political prisoner in the Soviet Union. Solzhenitsyn relies on his experiences in a detention camp to portray the harsh realities of daily living for Denisovich.

• August 1914. London: Bodley Head, 1972.

• For the Good of the Cause. London: Sphere, 1973.

• The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: an experiment in literary investigation, I-III. London: Collins, Harvill Press, 1974.
        This series compiles various tales of the horrors of the Soviet Gulag. It details the history of communism in Russia, while providing insight to the evils of communism.

• Warning to the West. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.

Speeches By and About Solzhenitsyn

• Solzhenitsyn, A. (1998). Nobel Lecture in Literature 1970. http://www.nobel.se/laureates/literature-1970-lecture.html. (1999, September 20).
        Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Lecture. This was not actually given as a Nobel Lecture. Solzhenitsyn did not attend the ceremony because he feared that after leaving the Soviet Union, he would not be allowed to return. The lecture focuses on ways that writers can improve the world's evils.

• Solzhenitsyn, A. (1996). Solzhenitsyn. http://www.hunews.harvard.edu/hno.subpages/speeches/solzhenitsyn.html. (1999, September 17).

• Gierow, K.R. (1998). Nobel Prize for Literature 1970- Presentation Speech. http://www.nobel.se/laureates/literature-1970-press.html. (1999, September 17)