Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, dissident, and Nobel Prize laureate
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December 11
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πBiography
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and historian. He was an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and communism and helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag labor camp system.
πMajor Works & Achievements
- β¦Nobel Prize in Literature (1970)
- β¦Author of The Gulag Archipelago
- β¦Author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
π¬Famous Quotes
"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world.
"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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