Notre Dame to launch first English translation of Solzhenitsyn memoir at fall conference | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame to launch first English translation of Solzhenitsyn memoir at fall conference Notre Dame to launch first English translation of Solzhenitsyn memoir at fall conference Published: October 25, 2018 Author: Amanda Skofstad Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Credit: Eduard Gladkov Ignat Solzhenitsyn — renowned conductor and pianist, and son of the late Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — will speak at the University of Notre Dame for the launch of the first English translation of his father’s memoir, “Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978,” published by University of Notre Dame Press at the centenary of the author’s birth.  The launch will take place during “Higher Powers,” a three-day Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture conference examining the proper relationship between God, the human person and the state. Ignat Solzhenitsyn and Daniel Mahoney, distinguished Solzhenitsyn scholar and professor of political science at Assumption College, will deliver a joint plenary session at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 (Thursday) in McKenna Hall Auditorium. Solzhenitsyn — widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the last century — won the 1970 Nobel Prize for literature, and his 1973 masterpiece, “The Gulag Archipelago,” exposed the system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. “Between Two Millstones” is a two-volume work chronicling Solzhenitsyn’s 20 years of exile in the West — the pain of being separated from his homeland and the chasm of miscomprehension between him and Western society. Book 1 was translated by Peter Constantine; Book 2, forthcoming in 2019, is being translated by Clare Kitson and Melanie Moore. “The publication of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir of exile is momentous,” said Stephen Wrinn, director of Notre Dame Press. “Not only are we preserving this important work for posterity, but we are also simultaneously establishing Notre Dame as the country’s premier destination for Solzhenitsyn research and scholarship.” O. Carter Snead, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture and professor of law, noted that, alongside figures of Solzhenitsyn’s own day such as St. John Paul II, “Nobody lived a more powerful witness to the truth about the human person’s right to dignity, freedom and human flourishing than this great writer. It is a great honor to bring ‘Between Two Millstones’ to English readers in the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn Series.”   The University’s expanded focus on Solzhenitsyn research also includes an exhibit, “In Solzhenitsyn’s Circle: The Writer and His Invisible Allies,” housed in Notre Dame’s Rare Books and Special Collections at the Hesburgh Library, which has one of the most extensive holdings in the United States related to the life and work of Solzhenitsyn.  The closing session of the conference, at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 (Saturday), is titled “Higher Powers: Catholicism and the American Project,” a conversation that includes Notre Dame political scientists Patrick J. Deneen, David A. Potenziani Memorial College Chair, and Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Religion and Public Life; Adrian Vermeule, Ralph Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard University; Gladden J. Pappin, assistant professor of political science at University of Dallas; and Carter Snead, who will serve as moderator. For information about attending these events, visit the Center for Ethics and Culture website. The plenary sessions will be streamed live on the center’s Facebook page. Contact: Amanda Skofstad, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4313, skofstad@nd.edu  Posted In: University News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 Congresswoman Liz Cheney to speak at Notre Dame on the future of democracy September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 22, 2022 ND Forum keynote event to feature Emmy Award-winning actors in Theater of War Productions’ presentation of ‘The Suppliants’ in Notre Dame Stadium September 21, 2022 In annual address to faculty, Father Jenkins outlines campus-wide vision for elevating excellence September 15, 2022 Lilly Endowment Inc. grant helps to expand Notre Dame pre-college programs for Hoosier high school students For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn