Solzhenitsyn

[ sohl-zhuh-neet-sin, sawl-; Russian suhl-zhi-nyee-tsin ]

noun

1. Alexander or A·le·ksandr (I·sa·ye·vich) [al-ig-, zan, -der ee-, sahy, -, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, ee-, sah, -yi-vyich], 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel Prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.

Solzhenitsyn

/ ˌsɒlʒəˈnɪtsɪn; səlʒəˈnitsin /

noun

1. SolzhenitsynAlexander Isayevich19182008MRussianWRITING: novelist Alexander Isayevich (alɪkˈsandr iˈsajɪvitʃ). 1918–2008, Russian novelist. His books include One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), The First Circle (1968), Cancer Ward (1968), August 1914 (1971), The Gulag Archipelago (1974), and October 1916 (1985). His works criticize the Soviet regime and he was imprisoned (1945–53) and exiled to Siberia (1953–56). He was deported to the West from the Soviet Union in 1974; all charges against him were dropped in 1991 and he returned to Russia in 1994. Nobel prize for literature 1970

Example Sentences

His career took a dive after he and a friend wrote a letter in 1974 defending Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the dissident writer who had been expelled from the Soviet Union.

From Reuters

Asked whether his criticism was unpatriotic, Orlov, citing Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago", pointed out that military defeats have played a significant role in driving reform and development Russian history.

From Reuters

He also compared himself to the Soviet-era dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and to the beleaguered main character in Kafka novel “The Trial.”

From New York Times

Fans of “Jeopardy!” voiced their displeasure with a ruling during a recent episode where all three contestants failed to properly pronounce the name of Soviet dissident author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

From Los Angeles Times

Nobel prize author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who chronicled Stalin’s purges in his “Gulag Archipelago,” was briefly held in Lefortovo in 1974 before being expelled from the Soviet Union.

From Seattle Times