page_title: Svetlana Alexievich
hierarchical_section_title: Svetlana Alexievich
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Swetlana Alexijewitsch, weißrussische Schriftstellerin, Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels 2013, Nobelpreis für Literatur 2015, bei einem Gesprächsabend des Literaturhauses Köln English: Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian investigative journalist and prose writer, Nobel laureate in Literature 2015 Українська: Світлана Алексієвич, білоруська письменниця та публіцистка. Лауреат Нобелівської премії з літератури 2015 року Русский: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Алексие́вич (белор. Святлана Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч, род. 31 мая 1948 года, Станислав, Украинская ССР), белорусская писательница, журналистка. Лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 2015 года Français&#160;: Svetlana Alexandrovna Aleksievitch, un écrivain et une journaliste russophone biélorusse; lauréats du Prix Nobel de littérature, 2015
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948 in Ivano-Frankivsk) 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.
caption: Alexievich in 2013
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