Mr. Solzhenitsyn at work in the Hoover Library in Stanford in 1976.Credit...Associated Press Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of the 20th century, died late on Sunday at the age of 89 in Moscow. His son Yermolai said the cause was a
![Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89 (Published 2008)](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/18e546b26e9c7008b60985527f80490572fd18a6/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2008%2F08%2F04%2Fobituaries%2F03solzhenitsyn.6001.jpg%3Fyear%3D2008%26h%3D350%26w%3D600%26s%3D0e73f6a002a0168653bcc62b08d5b7f587711ac623eecc58fb426d39091b3428%26k%3DZQJBKqZ0VN)