Labels:text | font | screenshot | letter | paper OCR: CHRONOLOGY DECEMBER 11, 1918 Bom in Kislovodsk, Russia. OCTOBER 1941 Drafted into the Red Army (twice decorated). FEBRUARY 1945 Arrested for criticizing Stalin in a private letter. 1962 Publishes autobiographical novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich." 1968 "The First Circle" and "Cancer Ward" published outside the Soviet Union. NOVEMBER 27, 1970 Awarded the Nobel prize for literature. 1973 "The Gulag Archipelago" published in Paris. FEBRUARY 13, 1974 Receives decree of exile from U.S.S.R .; flies to Switzerland. AUGUST 1990 His Russian citizenship is restored. MAY 27, 1994 Returns to Russia.
