Svetlana Alexievich
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| Native name | Святлана Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч |
| Born | Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich 31 May 1948 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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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". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.