About the book: 2007 / Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (born 1918) - Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1970). His works influenced changes in public consciousness throughout the world and brought the writer international fame. The story "Cancer Ward", one of the author's central works, was first published in 1968 abroad. Subsequently translated into almost all European languages. At home, "Cancer Ward" was published in 1990. The story, based on the author’s personal experience, most of the characters in which were copied from life, has become one of the most widely read works..