Q:Facts:   - death place: moscow , russia    - caption: solzhenitsyn in 1974    - birth name: aleksandr isayevich solzhenitsyn    - citizenship: soviet russia -lrb- 1991 -- 2008 -rrb- union soviet union -lrb- 1990 -- 1991 -rrb-    - notableworks: '' '' the gulag archipelago '' '' two hundred years together the '' '' the red wheel '' first circle '' '' cancer ward ''    - death date: 03 august 2008    - ethnicity: russian      - children: yermolai natalia svetlova -rrb- solzhenitsyn ignat solzhenitsyn stepan solzhenitsyn -lrb- all with    - birth date: 11 december 1918    - awards: nobel international botev prize prize in literature templeton prize lomonosov gold medal    - name: aleksandr solzhenitsyn    - image size: 250px    - image: aleksandr solzhenitsyn 1974crop.jpg    - birth place: kislovodsk , russian sfsr    - religion: russian orthodox    - alma mater: rostov state university    - occupation: novelist soldier teacher   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aleksandr solzhenitsyn .
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aleksandr isayevich solzhenitsyn -lrb- ; , ; 11 december 19183 august 2008 -rrb- -lrb- often romanized to alexandr or alexander -rrb- was a russian novelist , historian , and outspoken critic of the soviet union , especially its totalitarianism , who helped to raise global awareness of its gulag forced labor camp system .while his writings were long suppressed in the soviet union , he published many books in the west , most notably `` one day in the life of ivan denisovich '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , `` cancer ward '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , `` august 1914 '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , and `` the gulag archipelago '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- .solzhenitsyn was awarded the 1970 nobel prize in literature `` for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of russian literature '' .afraid to go to stockholm to receive his award for fear that he would n't be allowed to reenter , he was expelled from the soviet union in 1974 , but returned to russia in 1994 after the dissolution of the soviet union .