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Where was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn born ?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsk, RSFSR (now in Stavropol Krai, Russia).
What was the name of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's father ?
Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn
What was the name of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's mother ?
Taisiya Zakharovna
Where did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn go to school ?
Rostov State University.
What did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn study in that University ?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics and physics.

Question: When did he start writing novels ?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn start writing novels ?