Ai Weiwei vs Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Compare the life timelines of Ai Weiwei (1957–present) and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 51 years, from 1957 to 2008.
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Ai Weiwei (1957–present)
- — Born in Beijing, China Verified
- — Family sent into internal exile Verified
- — Enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy Verified
- — Co-founded the Stars art group Verified
- — Moved to New York City Verified
- — Returned to China Verified
- — Artistic consultant for the Beijing National Stadium Verified
- — Sunflower Seeds installed at Tate Modern Verified
- — Detained by Chinese authorities Verified
- — Left China for Berlin Verified
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008)
- — Born in Kislovodsk Verified
- — Graduated in mathematics from Rostov State University Verified
- — Arrested and sentenced to eight years in labour camps Verified
- — One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich published in Novy Mir Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — The Gulag Archipelago published in Paris Verified
- — Expelled from the Soviet Union Verified
- — Settled in Cavendish, Vermont Verified
- — Returned to Russia Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified