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Russian novelist Solzhenitsyn dead
* Story Highlights
* Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970
* In 1974, he was stripped of citizenship and deported to West Germany
* Taught at Stanford University; later lived with family in Vermont
* In 1990, his citizenship was restored and he moved back to Russia
(CNN) -- The Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works
detailed the Soviet labor camp system, has died at 89, Russian news agencies
reported Monday.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, Solzhenitsyn was considered a
moral voice for Russia. His works centered on the issues of good and evil,
materialism and salvation.
His three-volume "Gulag Archipelago" unveiled the horrors of the Soviet prison
camps, where he himself spent eight years.
In 1974, he was stripped of his citizenship and deported to West Germany.
He accepted an invitation to teach at Stanford University in California, then
later moved to the woods of Cavendish, Vermont, where he lived with his family
for several years.
In 1990, his citizenship was restored and he moved back to Russia where, last
year, President Vladimir Putin bestowed the country's highest humanitarian
award upon him.
Solzhenitsyn's second wife, Natalya, accepted the award on his behalf because
he was too frail to attend the public ceremony. Solzhenitsyn had previously
suffered two heart attacks, but the cause of his death was not yet known.
CNN's Jill Dougherty contributed to this report.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/index.html
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