Cancer Ward

"Cancer Ward" examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. We see them under normal circumstances, and also reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. Together they represent a remarkable cross-section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes. The experiences of the central ch...

"Cancer Ward" examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. We see them under normal circumstances, and also reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. Together they represent a remarkable cross-section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes. The experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely reflect the author's own: Solzhenitsyn himself became a patient in a cancer ward in the mid-1950s, on his release from a labor camp, and later recovered. Translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg.

亚历山大•索尔仁尼琴(Александр Солженицын)

苏联—俄罗斯的杰出作家。诺贝尔文学奖获得者，俄罗斯科学院院士。他在文学、历史学、语言学等许多领域有较大成就。

1918年11月12日生于高加索基斯洛沃茨克一个教师家庭，1941年毕业于罗斯托夫大学数理系，曾服过兵役。进劳改营服刑八年,其间两次从癌症的魔爪中逃脱。刑满后积极投入文学创作,其中《伊凡•杰尼索维奇的一天》引起轰动,但《古拉格群岛》、《癌症楼》等杰作无法在当时的苏联出版,在西方国家率先出版后引起轰动。1969年被苏联作协开除,次年获诺贝尔文学奖。1974年被苏联驱逐出境,流亡西方。美国政府于1974年授予他“美国荣誉公民”称号 。1975年定居美国。 1994年回俄罗斯。被誉为“俄罗斯的良心”。