Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Source: abc.net.au --- 28 days ago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89. His work is testament to the power of the written word to change the world. We revisit a powerful program on Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, first broadcast in 2007. Master interviewer Terry Lane interrogates a great work of art, and the uncompromising life of its creator. ...

Source: www.lewrockwell.com --- 27 days ago
Charley Reese remembers one of the towering figures of the 20th century. ...

Source: books.elliottback.com --- 14 days ago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, has died at age 89 of heart failure. The BBC article has some commentary: He died in his home in the Moscow area, where he had lived with his wife Natalya, at 2345 local time (1945 GMT), Stepan told Itar-Tass. [...] ...

Source: ppmartin.wordpress.com --- 20 days ago
Excerpt from his novel “The gulag Archipelago”: << We have to condemn publicly the very idea that some people have the right to repress others. In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a [...] ...

Source: www.euaustralia.com --- 22 days ago
The persecuted writer who informed on Soviet state terror has been lauded in his home country, at the end of his life. Alexander Solzhenitsyn was buried in Moscow (6.6.08) attended by a Russian Army honour guard and leaders of the former Soviet state. Mikhail Gorbachev said the Nobel Prize winning novelist had been “able [...] ...

Source: www.writerswrite.com --- 29 days ago
The New York Times has an interesting article about the Russian reaction to the death of Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn. At one time his book, The Gulag Archipeligo , was furtively read by Russians who chafed under the Communist rule. But the New Russia is so different from the USSR that Solzhenitsyn seems to be almost unknown to the younger generation. The service is to receive widespread coverage in the state-controlled media, but in interviews, young people said they would not pay much attention to it. Approached at a park in Moscow, Taisiya Gunicheva, 17, a college student, said she had heard of Mr. Solzhenitsyn, but could not name any of his books. She said his work was largely absent from her school curriculum. "Can you imagine, there is nothing about it at all," she said. "It is sad, but unfortunately, it's true." Nearby was Anton Zimin, 26, an advertising copywriter, who said he was quite familiar with Mr. Solzhenitsyn but doubted that others in his generation were. He said people his age had lost touch with the struggles of their parents and grandparents. "The problem is that now, it's all about consumption -- this spirit that has engulfed everybody," Mr. Zimin said. "People prefer to consume everything, the simplest things, and the faster, the better. Books are something that force you to think, reading books requires some effort. But they prefer entertainment." His works changed millions of lives, but his ...

Source: wallacegsmith.wordpress.com --- 29 days ago
Wow. My thanks to MK for passing along to me a link to a speech given by famous Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on June 8, 1978, to graduates at Harvard. His recent death (last Sunday) has placed his name in the headlines once again, but his insightful comments and harsh “tough love” warnings [...] ...

Source: www.fwicki.com --- 13 days ago
August 25, 2008 Monday Alexander Solzhenitsyn's war of words against the USSR We have of course already alluded here to the passing of Alexander Solzhenitsyn . ...

Source: www.fwicki.com --- 10 days ago
I N June 1974, or thereabout, a Ghanaian friend of mine presented me with a book, Letter to Soviet Leaders, written the year before by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The book was translated from the Russian original by Hilary Sternberg and published by ... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 27 days ago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's work and life can best be described as those of a prophet. ...

Source: johnharmstrong.typepad.com --- 14 days ago
When the recently-deceased Russian dissident, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, gave his now famous address to Harvard thirty years ago this summer, he warned us that we should not buy into the belief that all nations longed for American style democracy. But this... ...

Source: www.larreina.net --- 14 days ago
Durante estos días estoy teniendo la gran oportunidad de conocer un viejo Pueblo centro-europeo que esta empezando a adquirir un dinamismo muy esperanzador para su futuro. Recorriedo las calles de Bratislava me venían a a la cabeza algunas ideas que en su día leí del premio nobel recientemente fallecido, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Desde mi primer contacto [...] ...

Source: www.pghlesbian.com --- 26 days ago
Solzhenitsyn died at age 89.  Here's the AP obituary. I first read his novel "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" when I was a 17 year old high school senior and it rocked my world.  I had no clue about the larger connection to the Gulag and the Soviet Union or any other political themes.  I just vanished into this intimate description of one not-so-bad day in what seemed a pretty horrible life.  That resonated with me -- finding a reason to see what wasn't so bad about any particular day.  Days that were, in fact, pretty bad.  For me, too. In the early 1990's, I read most of the Solzhenitsyn canon in preparation for my master's thesis in political theory.  Reconciling my increasing feminist perspective with my love for Russian literature proved too overwhelming and I found myself a thousand miles away from graduate school working with poor rural families.  Which led me here. Solzenhenitsyn never stopped resonating with me, however.  Not when I left the Church.  Not when I identified as a liberal.  Not even when I came out.  It doesn't matter that his female characters are one dimensional and timid, never the hero.  I still get him.  Russian literature pushed me into social work.  Reading Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov put the nail in the coffin after reading a passage where one of the brother rails against a God that would allow an innocent child to die at the hands of her own parents.  I remember thinking he would be better s ...

Source: www.theonlyorthodoxy.com --- 28 days ago
Early last week, we lost one of the last great men of the 20th century, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn was perhaps best known in the West as a Russian anti-communist dissident. Less well known to many people was his fierce criticism of the post-Enlightenment West, a criticism that won him as much enmity from cultural [...] ...

Source: op-for.com --- 26 days ago
I commend the following article in this week Economists on Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the importance of people speaking the hard truths. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11885318&fsrc=nwlgafree http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11885318&fsrc=nwlgafree or this link http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=11885318 ...

Source: blog.buckandmike.com --- 29 days ago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist, historian, and essayist—died today in Moscow at the age of 89. He isn’t my hero because I agree with all he said and wrote about, but because he cared enough about his beliefs he was willing to go the distance. He risked everything for his convictions, pushing against the authoritarianism [...] ...

Source: www.colbycosh.com --- 25 days ago
Now at FullComment.com: A last look at the stubborn, strident, extraordinary Alexander Solzhenitsyn . ...

Source: saboya.wordpress.com --- 28 days ago
Morreu hoje o escritor russo Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Bom, eu conheci a obra dele buscando por informaçnoes sobre os crimes contra a humanidade cometidos pela trupe do Stalin. Gostava desse barbudo, o cara ainda nasceu no mesmo dia que eu, 11 de Dezembro. É, a coragem escolhe dias estratégicos. Mas como esses livros são um tanto difíceis de [...] ...

Source: www.archangelinstitute.org --- 12 days ago
Socialism It is almost universally recognized that the West shows all the world a way to successful economic development, even though in the past years it has been strongly disturbed by chaotic inflation. However, many people living in the West are dissatisfied with their own society. They despise it or accuse it of not being up [...] ...

Source: retro.groups.vox.com --- 28 days ago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died aged 89, according to the Associated Press. Not only was he a great author (admission: I have only ever read passages of his books), he was one of Russia’s straight-shooters. I like to think Solzhenitsyn was ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend ...