Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
Nobel Prize Lecture.
London: Stenvalley Press, 1982. 0950296015 55 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5" x 7.5", is in fine condition. Bilingual in Russian and English.
"In 1970 Solzhenitsyn received the Nobel Prize in Literature “for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.” His worldwide reputation rocketed further upward, but Soviet authorities viewed the award as a Cold War provocation. Newspaper headlines trumpeted yet another dramatic episode in Solzhenitsyn’s life. “Nobeliana,” a riveting chapter in The Oak and the Calf, describes this feverish stage of the continuing battle between author and regime, and it explains Solzhenitsyn’s decision to accept the prize in absentia. The text of his Nobel speech appeared in 1972, and once in exile he went to Sweden to receive the Nobel insignia in person in 1974." (Edward E. Ericson, Jr. and Daniel J. Mahoney "The Solzhenitsyn Reader")