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BOOK, With a magnificient inscription by the Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn / Alexander Solsjenitsy

BOOK, With a magnificient inscription by the Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn / Alexander Solsjenitsy

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn / Alexander Solsjenitsyn:

Gulag-arkipelagen. 1918-1956. Ett försök till konstnärlig studie. Del 3. Dödsarbetslägren. Del 4. Själen och taggtråden.

Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1974. Paperback. 19 x 12 cms. 654 pages. Pictorial wrappers, very fine.

First Swedish edition of parts 3 and 4 of The Gulag Archipelago. The translator’s copy.

With a 14-line inscription by Solzhenitsyn to Hans Björkegren, his Swedish translator, who was instrumental (together with Stig Fredrikson) in smuggling manuscripts by Solzhenitsyn out of the Soviet Union.

(The autograph inscription in English translation:)

”To dear Hans Björkegren, with whom fate has made us friends for a long time ago through the translations of my books, then with the secret intention to prepare the ’Archipelago’, now with friendly communication in the Nobel days of 1974. Wishing you your own boundless literary road, I will always be happy, however, if you sometimes find time to help me comprehend the Swedish language. 12.12.74 (Solzhenitsyn’s Signature)

(Den egenhändiga dedikationen i svensk översättning:)

”Till Käre Hans Björkegren, med vilken mitt öde knutits samman genom översättningar av mina böcker, sedan genom den hemliga överenskommelsen att förbereda ’Arkipelagen’, nu framlever vi i vänskap Nobeldagarna 1974. Jag önskar Er en egen lång litterär färd, men kommer alltid att vara glad om ni ibland kan avsätta litet tid att lära mig förstå det svenska språket. 12.12.74. (Solzjenitsyns namnteckning)

Minor wear.

Provenance

Hans Björkegren (1933-2017). Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970.

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