Solzhenitsyn dies of stroke aged 89
Published Date:
04 August 2008
ALEXANDER Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet dissident writer and Nobel literature prize-winner, has died aged 89, it was reported in Russia last night. Literary sources in Moscow said that he died of a stroke.
He served with the Red Army in the Second World War, but became one of the most prominent dissidents of the Soviet era.
The full article contains 62 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
03 August 2008 11:36 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
