ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Gender: Male
Known for: Writing
Birthday: December 11, 1918
Deathday: August 3, 2008
Place of Birth: Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, RSFSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]

Biography

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian writer. A prominent Soviet dissident, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, in particular the Gulag system.