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. , translated by Peter Constantine,was published by Notre Dame Press in 2018.
Solzhenitsyn, also author of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," was charged with treason in 1974 and exiled to the West upon publication of "The Gulag Archipelago." He lived quietly and reclusively for nearly two decades in Vermont, where his neighbors fiercely guarded his privacy.
This long-awaited English translation picks upSolzhenitsyn’sremarkable and courageous literary and personal lifein 1978, after his , and concludes in 1994, as he bids farewell to the West and prepares at last to return to his Russian homeland with his brilliant wife, Natalia. Insightful, at times humorous, and always focused on his family, faithand work, thisbookreveals the whirlwind of literary and humanitarian activity that was taking place atSolzhenitsyn's rural New Englandestate, as well as the author’s travels and perceptions on political, religious and literary figures of the era.
In 2018 — the centenary of Solzhenitsyn’s birth and the 40th anniversary of his Harvard commencement address — Notre Dame launched several initiatives connected to the work of this towering 20th-century writer and thinker. In addition to publications and academic conferences, Notre Dame'shave among the most extensive holdings in the United States related to the life and work of Solzhenitsyn.
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Originally published by at on Oct. 30.
]]>A new grant awarded to the University of Notre Dame Press by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will provide support to enrich scholarly communication and to offset the impact of the coronavirus on non-profit university press publishing.
Notre Dame Press is committed to maintaining an innovative and sustainable publishing program that makes accessible the ideas of today’s leading experts while fostering the next generation of scholars and thinkers. Through the support of an , it will expand its role in advancing knowledge by facilitating communication within and between scholarly communities and increasing access to its content.
The grant will allow the Notre Dame Press to bring together scholarly communities that have been impacted through the cancellation of academic conferences with virtual exhibits, connect acquisitions staff with potential authors and launch new channels to alert scholars and readers to new book-length research. Together, these efforts will make the research and ideas in Notre Dame Press books accessible despite the loss of conference panels and sessions.
As physical libraries and bookstores have been closed to ensure public safety, access to digital formats of books is more important than ever. Support from the NEH CARESgrant will enable the Notre Dame Press to increase the number of previously published titles available as e-books by 10 percent. The new e-books will be created based on reader demand or on the potential for a physical title to go out of print.
"Thanks to the support of the NEH, Notre Dame Press will expand our efforts to connect and enrich our academic communities during this time of necessary distance," says Michelle Sybert, sales and development director at Notre Dame Press, "We look forward to facilitating new conversations about the latest humanities research and to improving access to our vibrant list of books."
Here is a of the recipients of the NEH CARES grant.
For more information, contact: Kathryn Pitts, pitts.5@nd.edu, 574.210.6155
Originally published by at on June 23, 2020.
]]>Here are 175 images — mostly photographs, but also engravings, maps, paintingsand documents — that Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan have drawn from the treasures of the Notre Dame Archives and arranged chronologically to survey the events and evoke the atmosphere of the 175 years since Edward Sorin and his religious brothers arrived on a bluff above St. Mary’s Lake and ‘like little children, in spite of the cold ... went from one extremity to the other, perfectly enchanted with the marvelous beauties of our new abode.’ ... Charles and Elizabeth draw our collective memory to the great and the common, to the proud and the prosaic moments in the long, fabled history of Notre Dame. Anyone who spends time with these images ...will share for those few moments in Father Edward Sorin’s first enchantment, and will renew the conviction that Notre Dame must continue to be a powerful means for good.
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president, University of Notre Dame, from the foreword
Book Launch Events for "Notre Dame at 175"
• Saturday, Sept. 2, Book Signing at , 9:30–11 a.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 6, Book Talk at , 1:30–3 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 8,Book Talk, , 2–4 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 20,Book Talk, , 2–4 p.m.
• Friday, Oct.27, Book Signing at , 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 17, Book Talk, , 2–4 p.m.
Contact: Kathryn Pitts, marketing manager,pitts.5@nd.edu, 574-631-3267
Originally published by at on August 23, 2017.
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