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Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Price winning author/Russian gulag inmate, died today at age 89.

I'm a HUGE fan of Russian Literature, but, to me, Solzhenitsyn was a lot like Tolstoy. Each had epics (Gulag Archipelago; War and Peace) that are AMAZING, but what sticks with me are the shorter works:

-- Tolstoy: Family Happiness, The Death of Ivan Ilych
-- Solzhenitsyn - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (honestly, one of the most painful and beautiful short stories/novellas).

Who are the new Russian authors?