User:Alexander Solzhenitsyn/sandbox

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn was a very notable Russian novelist, historian, and critic. -	He helped raise global awareness of the gulag and the Soviet Union’s labor camp system.

-	His writings were suppressed, wrote many books, most popular literature; The Gulag Archipelago, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

-	“For the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian Literature.” Awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature (1970).

-	In the early 1936, Solzhenitsyn was developing characters for his work about World War I and the Russian Revolution.

-	Works based off of his experiences throughout life.

-	February 1945, he was imprisoned for writing aggressive comments towards a friend, Nikolai Vitkevich.

-	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was written during his time in prison camp located in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan.

-      Jobs: miner, bricklayer, and foundry foreman.

Born: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn on December 11th, 1918

Died: August 3rd, 2008 (age 89) in Moscow, Russia

Occupation: Novelist, solider, teacher

Ethnicity: Russian

Citizenship: USSR, Russian Federation

Works: -	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -	The First Circle -	Cancer Ward -	The Gulag Archipelago -	The Red Wheel

Awards: -	Nobel Prize in Literature (1970) -	Templeton Prize (1983) -	Laureate of the International Botev Prize (2008)

Spouse(s): Natalia Alekseyevna Reshetovskaya (1940-52, 1957- 72),Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova (1973-2008)

Children: -	Yermolai Solzhenitsyn (born 1970) -	Ignat Solzhenitsyn (born 1972) -	Stepan Solzhenitsyn (born 1973) (all with Natalia Svetlova)