2. Short timeline of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life 1918 – Born in Russia 1944 – Decorated twice for bravery in the Soviet Military during WWII (artillery commander) 1945 – Arrested for criticizing Stalin in a private letter to his friend. 1945-1953 – Prisoner in a “Special” Labor Camp in Siberian (Gulag) 1953 – Stalin dies 1958 – Writes One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962 – One Day … gets published 1970 – It earns Solzhenitsyn the Nobel Prize for Literature 1974 – Deported to Germany 1995 – Returns to Russia where he currently lives.
