One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. A World Apart brought Grudziński international acclaim but also criticism from some Soviet sympathizers. The book was published in Russia in 1991. In Italy it was published in 1958 and 1994. Journal Written at Night Commencing in 1971 and until his death, Herling wrote a literary journal, covering essays, criticism, anecdotes, fiction, and memoir. The first three volumes were published consecutively in 1973, 1980, and 1984 in Paris and in Warsaw, as Dziennik pisany nocą (Journal Written at Night). A selection from the Journal Written at Night was translated by Ronald Strom and published as Volcano and Miracle (1997). A selection of his short stories published originally as Collected Stories (Opowiadania zebrane) in 1990 has been translated by Bill Johnston and published in 2003 as The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories. Awards Herling-Grudziński was the winner of many literary prizes: Kultura (1958), Jurzykowski (1964), Kościelskis (1966), The News (1981), the Italian Premio Viareggio prize, the international Prix Gutenberg, and French Pen-Club. In 1998 he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle. In September 2009 a monument to him was unveiled in Yertsevo, where he had been imprisoned. Books Available in English A World Apart: Imprisonment in a Soviet Labor Camp During World War II, Penguin Books, reprint edition, 1996, pp. 284, Volcano and Miracle: A Selection from the Journal Written at Night, Penguin Books, reprint edition, 1997, pp. 288, . The Island; Three Tales, Penguin Books, reprint edition, 1994, pp. 160, . The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories, New Directions Publishing, 2003, pp. 256, . Citations References Herling on Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee – Gariwo "A World Apart" by Herling read by Roberto Saviano 1919 births 2000 deaths Foreign Gulag detainees Polish essayists Polish male writers Male essayists Recipients of the Virtuti Militari Polish resistance members of World War II Polish Army officers University of Warsaw alumni People from Kielce 20th-century Polish Jews Polish deportees to Soviet Union Polish people detained by the NKVD 20th-century essayists Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) People associated with the magazine "Kultura"