Author: Светлана Алексиевич
Alternate 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
Born: 31 May 1948
Bio: **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”.