Ignat Solzhenitsyn to speak on father Aleksander’s newly published unfinished work

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At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18,  Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s son, Ignat, will speak about his father’s latest publication, the English edition of Love the Revolution: An Unfinished Novel. The event will be held at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville, and is free and open to the public.

Nov. 17, 1962 marks an important date for the work of the Nobel Laureate and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who lived in Cavendish for 18 years.  On that date, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was published in Novy Mir, ushering in a new understanding of Stalin’s forced labor camps, the Gulag.

So it is appropriate that in 2026, Tuesday, Nov. 17 will be the publication date of Love the Revolution in English.

According to the Solzhenitsyn Center, The major part of this unfinished novel was composed in 1948 during Solzhenitsyn’s stay in the Marfino sharashka.  Solzhenitsyn had to leave behind what he had written when he was shipped to Ekibastuz in 1950, but was able to retrieve this material when he returned from exile.

Solzhenitsyn’s original intent was for Love the Revolution to be an account of his entire military career; but his attempt to resume the narrative after returning from exile failed, and the work remains fragmentary.

Ignat Solzhenitsyn is an internationally known  pianist and conductor and is currently the editor of Solzhenitsyn’s The Calf Who Bullied the Oak, due to be published April 1, 2027.

The Vermont Historical Society’s exhibit “Solzhenitsyn in Vermont,” continues to be on display at the Cavendish Fletcher Library, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Saturday, Dec. 5. These events are free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com or call 802-226-7807.