Which Russian writer wrote Cancer Ward?
Cancer Ward from the Russian Writers' Union. Cancer Ward Cancer Ward (, "Rákovy kórpus") is a semi-autobiographical novel by Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Completed in 1966, the novel was distributed in Russia that year in "samizdat", and banned there the following year. In 1968 several European publishers published it in Russian, and in April 1968 excerpts in English appeared in the "Times Literary Supplement" in the UK without Solzhenitsyn's permission. An unauthorized English translation was published that year, first by The Bodley Head in the UK, then by Dial Press in the US. "Cancer Ward" tells the story of a small group
Matthew Ward (writer) his dog with him" to "He was with his dog". Once again Ward felt this better reflected Meursault's character. Indeed, later in the novel Meursault notes Salamano's dog is worth no more or less than his wife. Other authors he has translated include Roland Barthes, Colette, Pablo Picasso and Jean-Paul Sartre. He also wrote literary criticism and poetry. Ward died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 39. He received the PEN Translation Prize in 1989. Matthew Ward (writer) Matthew Ward (1950/1951 – June 23, 1990) was an American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus'