It was in the prison camp when undergoing treatment and surgery for cancer that Solzhenitsyn came to turn from atheism to fully embrace Christianity. (He later received the Nobel prize in literature) It was in the prison camp when undergoing treatment and surgery for cancer that Solzhenitsyn came to turn from atheism to fully embrace Christianity. A poem recorded in his book The Gulag Archipelago...This is a truncated preview of the original post. Press here to view the full post. Post Comment Receive notifications Add a comment...