Did Solzhenitsyn receive the nobel peace prize in person?

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1. Cuckoo says

   In 1969 Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Union of Writers. In 1970, Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He could not receive the prize personally in Stockholm at that time, since he was afraid he would not be let back into the Soviet Union. Instead, it was suggested he should receive the prize in a special ceremony at the Swedish embassy in Moscow. The Swedish government refused to accept this solution, since such a ceremony and the ensuing media coverage might upset the Soviet Union and damage Sweden's relations with the superpower. Instead, Solzhenitsyn received his prize at the 1974 ceremony after he had been deported from the Soviet Union.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Isaevich_S…

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2. Mike Y says

   No. First off, he would have to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. He won the prize in literature, which he didn't accept in person for fear of not being allowed back into the Soviet Union. He was hated by the Soviet government more than any other national during his career, first for speaking out against the regime and then for novels like "The Gulag Archipelago," which were based on his years going in and out of Soviet prisons. Probably more than you wanted to know, but it's important to have a sense of history.

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