Solzhenitsyn

American  

[sohl-zhuh-neet-sin, sawl-, suhl-zhi-nyee-tsin] / ˌsoʊl ʒəˈnit sɪn, ˌsɔl-, səl ʒɪˈnyi tsɪn /

noun

1. Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel Prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.

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Solzhenitsyn British  

/ ˌsɒlʒəˈnɪtsɪn, səlʒəˈnitsin /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s documentation of Stalinism strikes the same note: the elimination of a private existence away from politics, with the regime constantly forcing itself upon one’s attention, feeding each individual’s growing atomization and learned helplessness.

From Salon

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