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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Svetlana_AlexievichSvetlana Alexievich - Wikipedia

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   Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) 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".

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Svetlana-AlexievichSvetlana Alexievich | Biography, Books, Nobel Prize, & Facts

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   4 days ago · Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and prose writer whose meticulously crafted works provided a compelling and uncompromising portrayal of the social and political upheaval within the Soviet Union from the postwar era to the fall of communism. She won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature.

4. www.newyorker.com › 2015/10/26 › the-memory-keeperSvetlana Alexievich, Nobel Laureate | The New Yorker

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   Oct 19, 2015 · Svetlana Alexievich, the sixty-seven-year-old winner of this year’s prize in literature, was at a table for ten in the front of a noisy restaurant in Berlin, where she held her Nobel press...

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   • Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from Minsk died of cancer. Chernobyl kills’ The Belarusian Nobel laureate on the legacy of Chernobyl on its 30th anniversary, being an ‘unperson’ in her home country and writing non-fiction as literature S vetlana Alexievich was at home in Minsk when the phone rang.

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   Did Svetlana Alexievich win the Nobel Prize?

   • “Please bring the lady one green tea,” went the request. “She has won the Nobel Prize.” Svetlana Alexievich, the sixty-seven-year-old winner of this year’s prize in literature, was at a table for ten in the front of a noisy restaurant in Berlin, where she held her Nobel press conference, two weekends ago.

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   • S vetlana Alexievich was at home in Minsk when the phone rang. For some years, she says, rumours had swirled that the Swedish Academy was considering her name. She had already received many honours. Still, it had been more than half a century since a non-fiction writer – Winston Churchill in 1953 – had won literature’s top award.

   Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from Minsk died

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   Is Alexievich a journalist?

   • Alexievich is the first person to receive the Nobel for books that are based entirely on interviews. This has led some writers to laud the committee for recognizing a journalist. The headline of a Los Angeles Times piece announcing the prize called Alexievich a reporter, a term she finds almost insulting.

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6. alexievich.info › enSvetlana Alexievich – Voices from Big Utopia

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   I compose my books out of thousands of voices, destinies, fragments of our life and being. It took me three-four years to write each of my books. I meet and record my conversations with 500-700 persons for each book. My chronicle embraces several generations.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2015/10/09 › booksSvetlana Alexievich, Belarussian Voice of Survivors, Wins ...

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   Oct 9, 2015 · Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarussian journalist and prose writer known for deeply researched works about female Russian soldiers in World War II and the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,...

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     Svetlana Alexievich, Belarussian Voice of Survivors, Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

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     "This award honors their suffering." Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel laureate in Literature 2015

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9. www.theguardian.com › books › 2016Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from ...

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   Apr 15, 2016 · The Belarusian Nobel laureate on the legacy of Chernobyl on its 30th anniversary, being an ‘unperson’ in her home country and writing non-fiction as literature. Fri 15 Apr 2016 03.00 EDT. S...

10. www.npr.org › sections › thetwo-wayBelarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins Literature Nobel

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    Oct 8, 2015 · Investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. Alexievich is the first writer from Belarus to...