Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at April 25, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Facts
| Full Name | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | December 11, 1918 |
| Birth Place | Kislovodsk, Russia |
| Age (in 2024) | 105 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Age & Birthday
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is best known as Novelist who has born on December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia. Currently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is 105 years, 4 months and 14 days old. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn will celebrate 106th birthday on Wednesday, 11th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn upcoming birthday.
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About
Russian historian, novelist, and social critic whose most famous works include The Gulag Archipelago, Two Hundred Years Together, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. His literary work exposed the evils of the Soviet Gulag's forced labor camp system to an international audience.
Before Fame
He attended Rostov State University, where he studied mathematics. He went on to serve in the Red Army during World War II. From the mid-1940s through the early 1950s, he was imprisoned in Russian labor camps for his private criticism of Stalin (discovered when government officials confiscated his letters to a friend).
Trivia
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970 for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. The same work was responsible for his exile from the Soviet Union in 1974.
Family Life
He married his first wife, Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya, prior to his Gulag sentence. He later wed Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova. He had three sons, Ignat, Yermolai and Stepan.
Associated With
He and T.S. Eliot were both recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Top Asked Questions about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
How old is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 2024?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is 105 years old today.
When was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn born?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk, Russia.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was best known as Novelist.
Fun Facts about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on Wednesday, 345th day / 50th week of 1918
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn birthday is XI.XII.MCMXVIII
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's birthstone is Turquoise
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in year is 105 years old
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in month is 1264 months old
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in day is 38487 days old
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in hour is 923688 hours old
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in minute is 55421280 minutes old
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in second is 3325276800 seconds old
- Next Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn birthday is on Thursday, December 11th 2025
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn age in next birthday (2025) is 106 years old
Historical Events on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Birthday (December 11)
Below are historical events that coincided with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1997 | The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature. |
| 1998 | Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation. |
| 1999 | SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35. |
| 2001 | China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| 2005 | The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England. |
| 2005 | Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. |
| 2006 | The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern. |
| 2006 | Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War. |
| 2007 | Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations. |
| 2008 | Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. |
| 2009 | Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS. |
| 2012 | At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria. |
| 2017 | New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square-42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator. |
| 2019 | The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence. |
| 2020 | The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency. |
| 1984 | The birth of James Ellsworth, American wrestler |
| 1985 | The birth of Karla Souza, Mexican actress |
| 1986 | The birth of Roy Hibbert, American basketball player |
| 1987 | The birth of Clifton Geathers, American football player |
| 1987 | The birth of Alex Russell, Australian actor |
| 1987 | The birth of Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress |
| 1988 | The birth of Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1989 | The birth of Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer |
| 1990 | The birth of Derrick Nix, American basketball player |
| 1992 | The birth of Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter |
| 1992 | The birth of Dalton Pompey, Canadian baseball player |
| 1993 | The birth of Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress |
| 1995 | The birth of Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer |
| 1996 | The birth of Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter |
| 2000 | The birth of Emily Whitehead, artistic gymnast |
| 2012 | The death of Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1933) |
| 2012 | The death of Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | The death of Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | The death of Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | The death of Javier Jáuregui (boxer), Mexican boxer (b. 1973) |
| 2013 | The death of Sheikh Mussa Shariefi, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1942) |
| 2014 | The death of Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | The death of Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | The death of H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | The death of Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (b. 1972) |
| 2015 | The death of John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (b. 1962) |
| 2015 | The death of Ken Woolley, Australian architect (b. 1933) |
| 2017 | The death of Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (b. 1957) |
| 2020 | The death of James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher. (b. 1934) |
| 2021 | The death of Anne Rice, American author (b. 1941) |
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