Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature". His nonfiction work The Gulag Archipelago "amounted to a head-on challenge to the Soviet state" and sold tens of millions of copies.

- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962 novel russia,oppression, soviet union en

- Cancer Ward 1967 novel russia, illness, soviet union en

- In the First Circle 1968 novel russia, soviet union, oppression en

- The First Circle 1968 novel soviet union, russia, oppression en

- August 1914 1971 novel russia, war en

- The Gulag Archipelago 1973 non-fiction en

- The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in 1973 non-fiction soviet union, oppression, russia en

- The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in 1975 non-fiction russia, soviet union, repression en

- The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3: An Experiment in 1978 non-fiction soviet union, russia, oppression en

- November 1916 1985 novel russia, historical, war, revolution en

- Apricot Jam 1995 short-stories russia en