A writer and a poet
The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Mahmoud Darwish will be remembered all around the world for years to come because their works always remind us of the pains and sufferings the people have been through. The works of the Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish will keep on playing significant roles in shaping our future.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was very active in the historical debate, discussing the history of Russia, the Soviet Union and Communism. He argued that Lenin started the mass executions, wrecked the economy, founded the Cheka which would later be turned into the KGB, and started the Gulag (It was the branch of the State Security that operated the penal system of forced labour camps)
Mahmoud Darwish, on the other hand, was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. Through his poetries he highlighted the pains the people of Palestine go through every day.
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