Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich
	Alexievich in 2024
Native name	Святлана Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч
Born	Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich; 31 May 1948 (age 76); Stanislav, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)
Occupation	Journalist, oral historian
Language	Russian
Citizenship	Belarus
Alma mater	Belarusian State University
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature (2015); Order of the Badge of Honour (1984); Order of the Arts and Letters (2014); Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (2013); Prix Médicis (2013); Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018)
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Website
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Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich^[1] (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".^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.^[6]^[7]

^ Her name is also transliterated as Aleksievich or Aleksiyevich. Belarusian: Святла́на Алякса́ндраўна Алексіе́віч Svyatlana Alaksandrawna Aleksiyevich Belarusian pronunciation: [alʲɛksʲiˈjɛvʲit͡ʂ]; Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Алексие́вич Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪksʲɪˈjevʲɪt͡ɕ]; Ukrainian: Світлана Олександрівна Алексієвич.
^ Blissett, Chelly. "Author Svetlana Aleksievich nominated for 2014 Nobel Prize Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine". Yekaterinburg News. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ Treijs, Erica (8 October 2015). "Nobelpriset i litteratur till Svetlana Aleksijevitj" [Nobel Prize in literature to Svetlana Aleksijevitj]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^ Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature prize Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (8 October 2015).
^ Dickson, Daniel; Makhovsky, Andrei (8 October 2015). "Belarussian writer wins Nobel prize, denounces Russia over Ukraine". Stockholm/Minsk: Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^ "Svetlana Alexievich, investigative journalist from Belarus, wins Nobel Prize in Literature". Pbs.org. 2013-10-13. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
^ Colin Dwyer (2015-06-28). "Belarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins Literature Nobel : The Two-Way". NPR. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

[1] Her name is also transliterated as Aleksievich or Aleksiyevich. Belarusian: Святла́на Алякса́ндраўна Алексіе́віч Svyatlana Alaksandrawna Aleksiyevich Belarusian pronunciation: [alʲɛksʲiˈjɛvʲit͡ʂ]; Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Алексие́вич Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪksʲɪˈjevʲɪt͡ɕ]; Ukrainian: Світлана Олександрівна Алексієвич.

[2] Blissett, Chelly. "Author Svetlana Aleksievich nominated for 2014 Nobel Prize Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine". Yekaterinburg News. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[svd1-3] Treijs, Erica (8 October 2015). "Nobelpriset i litteratur till Svetlana Aleksijevitj" [Nobel Prize in literature to Svetlana Aleksijevitj]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[4] Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature prize Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (8 October 2015).

[5] Dickson, Daniel; Makhovsky, Andrei (8 October 2015). "Belarussian writer wins Nobel prize, denounces Russia over Ukraine". Stockholm/Minsk: Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[6] "Svetlana Alexievich, investigative journalist from Belarus, wins Nobel Prize in Literature". Pbs.org. 2013-10-13. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

[7] Colin Dwyer (2015-06-28). "Belarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins Literature Nobel : The Two-Way". NPR. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

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