Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Biography

He was allowed to publish only one work in the Soviet Union, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1962), in the periodical Novy Mir. After this he had to publish in the West, most notably "Cancer Ward" (1968), "August 1914" (1971), and "The Gulag Archipelago" (1973).

Solzhenitsyn was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".

Solzhenitsyn was afraid to go to Stockholm to receive his award for fear that he would not be allowed to reenter. He was eventually expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1994 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Selected works:

• (1962), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (novella).
• (1963), An Incident at Krechetovka Station (novella).
• (1963), Matryona's Place (novella).
• (1963), For the Good of the Cause (novella).
• (1968), The First Circle (novel), Henry Carlisle, Olga Carlisle (tr.).
• (1968), Cancer Ward (novel)
• (1971), August 1914 (historical novel)
• 1958–68), The Gulag Archipelago,
• (1951), Prussian Nights (poetry) (published 1974).
• (10 December 1974), Nobel Banquet (speech), City Hall, Stockholm.
• (1974), A Letter to the Soviet leaders, Collins: Harvill Press, ISBN 0-06-013913-7.
• (1975), The Oak and the Calf.