乐鱼 体育鈥檚 Kennan Institute launched the Solzhenitsyn Initiative to translate major works by Nobel Laureate Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2007) for the first time into English. Titles to be translated include The Little Grain, Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 autobiography during his years living in the United States, and The Red Wheel, Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 partially-translated history of Russia during World War I and leading into the Bolshevik Revolution.
WASHINGTON 鈥 The Woodrow 乐鱼 体育鈥檚 Kennan Institute has launched the Solzhenitsyn Initiative to translate major works by Nobel Laureate Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2007) for the first time into English.
Solzhenitsyn, best known in the West as the author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, wrote a number of other books, including a history of the Russian Revolution and his autobiography of his years in exile in the United States, that have been translated into other languages, but not into English.
The first volume to be translated will be The Little Grain, Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 autobiography during his years living in the United States. Work has also begun on translating the remaining volumes of The Red Wheel, Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 partially-translated history of Russia during World War I and leading into the Bolshevik Revolution.
The Kennan Institute will work with the Solzhenitsyn literary estate and family to produce these important translations and organize academic and other promotional events to coincide with their publication.
The Solzhenitsyn Initiative was first announced at the May 13 2014 Davis Dinner marking the Kennan Institute鈥檚 40th anniversary by Drew Guff, managing director of Siguler Guff and founding donor of the Solzhenitsyn Initiative. 鈥淚f we as Americans are to make wise policy concerning Russia, we need to do more than grapple with the political or security issues of the day,鈥 said Guff. 鈥淲e need a fundamental understanding of Russia鈥檚 history and its culture鈥o that end, these translations will open access of some of Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 most important work to the English-speaking world for the first time; and I can think of no better institution than the Kennan Institute to lead the way.鈥
鈥淭he Kennan Institute is proud to have the support and confidence of the Solzhenitsyn family and our generous donors, in particular Drew Guff, who is the driving force behind bringing the Solzhenitsyn Initiative to the Kennan Institute,鈥 said Kennan Institute director Matthew Rojansky. 鈥淲ith these important works available in English for the first time, readers will gain important new insights into Russian culture and history through the eyes of one of Russia鈥檚 greatest writers.鈥
For additional information on the Solzhenitsyn Initiative, please contact Mr. Joseph Dresen on the Kennan Institute staff at (joseph.dresen@wilsoncenter.org).
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