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Lot #744
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Typed Letter Signed

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Soviet and Russian author and dissident (1918-2008) who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.’ TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 19, 1981. Letter to noted lawyer and Washington Redskins team president Edward Bennett Williams, in full: “Congratulations on your victory and sincere thanks to you and your assistants for having removed that obstacle from me with your talent and persistence. I highly esteem your friendly support and the sympathy toward me which was also expressed in the statement of your services. Will the decision be sent to us verbatim from the court? In gratitude I am sending you a check and within a few days will send one of my books.” In fine condition.

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