Remembering Mike Nicholson
/Michael A. (“Mike”) Nicholson
1943–2022
We mourn the sudden death last Friday of our dear friend and colleague, Mike Nicholson. Dr. Michael A. Nicholson was Tutorial fellow in Russian at University College, Oxford, from 1987 to 2011 and one of the world’s leading experts on Solzhenitsyn. Mike was possessed of a sparkling, vivacious wit, jolly good humor, but also quite capable of biting sarcasm (when called for). A great and important scholar of Solzhenitsyn, and a lover of truth. Each of us enjoyed his company immensely on those happy occasions when we could be together with him.
We have compiled a partial list of Mike’s work on Solzhenitsyn:
translated The Tanks Know the Truth
translated “Two Revolutions” (not yet published)
translated (with Klimoff) Invisible Allies
translated (with Klimoff) the late Miniatures
translated (with Klimoff) The Mortal Danger: How Misconceptions About Russia Imperil America
translated (with Klimoff) Love the Revolution (not yet published)
editor, with John B. Dunlop, Richard S. Haugh, Solzhenitsyn In Exile: Critical Essays and Documentary Materials (Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution, 1985).
author of a dozen important articles on Solzhenitsyn in journals and other book volumes.