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Belarusian Writer Svetlana Alexievich Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

HeadlineOct 08, 2015

And the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian journalist and writer. She is best known for giving voice to survivors of World War II, the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. She becomes the 14th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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