<![CDATA[Russian Author Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Dead At 89]]>

1.0 link 116637 <![CDATA[Russian Author Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Dead At 89]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/03/russian-author-aleksander_n_116637.html Russian news agencies are reporting that author Aleksander Solzhenitsyn died Sunday at the age of 89. The BBC has more:

The author of One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich and the Gulag Archipelago, who returned to Russia in 1994, reportedly died of a stroke.

The Nobel laureate had suffered from high blood pressure in recent years.

After returning to Russia, Solzhenitsyn wrote several polemics on Russian history and identity.

The New York Times has more about Solzhenitsyn's literary career and...

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