The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
Awarded on: 2015-10-08
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"
Born: 1948-05-31 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Gender: female
Field: Belarusian investigative journalist and essayist (Born: 1948)
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.
Awarded on: 2015-10-08
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"