Svetlana 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”.
Светлана Алексиевич
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Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer
| Born | 31 May 1948 |
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Светлана Алексиевич
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Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer
| Born | 31 May 1948 |
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Russian Personal narratives, Biography, History, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945, Children, Personal narratives, Social conditions, Historia, Female Participation, Interviews, Military History, Personal narratives, Russian, Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01355030, Soviet Personal narratives, Suicidal behavior, Suicide, Women, Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (Chornobylʹ, Ukraine : 1986) fast (OCoLC)fst00853649, Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986, Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, HISTORY, History, MilitaryPlaces
Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Belarus, Former Soviet republics, Russia (Federation), Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, Byelarus, URSS, Unión Soviética, western EuropePeople
Svetlana Aleksievich (1948-)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL198376A
- BookBrainz: 4ddaa558-5d62-41cf-953d-4d8c220fcf30
- GoodReads: 19003531
- ISNI: 0000000116088738
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 115696938
- IMDb: nm6714046
- Library of Congress Names: n85164256
- LibraryThing: alexievichsvetlana
- MusicBrainz: 885224be-031e-460d-822c-b84f8fe9068a
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UBOV639328
- VIAF: 24646187
- Wikidata: Q274334
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q274334
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Alternative names
- S. Alexievich
- Svetlana Aleksandroff
- Svetlana Aleksandrovna Aleksievich
- Svetlana Aleksievich
- Svetlana Aleksijevitj
- Svetlana Alekxievich
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Svetlana Alexievitch
- Svetlana Alexiévich
- Svietlana Alexievich
- Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Алексие́вич
- Светла́на Алексие́вич
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