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8. According to "Songfacts," Mr Stewart has said it is about...

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 11:07 AM

Dec 2017

... Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn. It does fit in with his biography, along with that of thousands of others. But Mr Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned for criticizing "the man with the moustache," and not for the crime of being taken prisoner and surviving, so while he may have served as an inspiration, the song's protagonist is more likely Everyman, or possibly Ivan Denisovich.

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