Original: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (soÊ lÊ 'É Ë niË tsÉ n,) (11 December 1918 â "3 August 2008) was a Russian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian.
Simplified: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (December 11, 1918 â "August 3, 2008) was a Russian writer of novels, dramatist, and historian.