Nobel Prize® medal - registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970

"for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
USSR
b. 1918
 
 
 
Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.
Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation

The 1970 Prize in:

See Also

Article
The article 'How I Helped Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Smuggle His Nobel Lecture from the USSR' Go
Tell us about your favourite book! Tell us about your favourite book!
Who are the awarded women? Who are the awarded women?
Try the Nobel Quiz Try the Nobel Prize Quiz!
News from Nobelprize.org Sign up for News from Nobelprize.org