If you have graduated high school, then hopefully at some point you have read at least one of his books. Alexander Solzhenitsyn passed away at the age of 89. A bold writer, Solzhenitsyn spoke out against the brutal and destructive communist regime under Stalin. A prisoner in the Gulag, his story is one of determination and perseverance.
If his books aren't required reading any more, they should be.
I love this quote: "He was not just a writer, he was more," said Valery Tarasov, a villager who lives near the house. "He was the conscience of Russia."
Monday, August 4, 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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