Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn vs Bessie Head
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Compare the life timelines of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) and Bessie Head (1937–1986) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 49 years, from 1937 to 1986.
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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
Bessie Head (1937–1986)
- — Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Verified
- — Sent to a mission school in Durban Verified
- — Qualified as a teacher and taught in Durban Verified
- — Worked as a journalist in Johannesburg and Cape Town Verified
- — Married Harold Head Verified
- — Left South Africa for Botswana on an exit permit Verified
- — Published her first novel, When Rain Clouds Gather Verified
- — Published A Question of Power Verified
- — Granted Botswana citizenship Verified
- — Died in Serowe, Botswana Verified