Svetlana Alexievich - 2015 Nobel prize winner in literature.

Svetlana Alexievich at a discussion in the Roter Salon (Red Salon) in Berlin,
8 February 2011
Native name Святлана Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч
Born :Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich
31 May 1948 (age 67)
Stanislaviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation :Journalist,Author
Language :Russian
Nationality :Belarusian
Alma mater Belarusian State University
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Literature (2015)
Order of the Badge of Honour (1984)
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (2013)
Prix Médicis (2013
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Alexievich.
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (also transliterated as Aleksievich or Aleksiyevich; Belarusian: Святлана Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч Sviatłana Alaksandraŭna Aleksijevič Belarusian pronunciation: [alʲɛksʲiˈjɛvʲit͡ʂ]; Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Алексие́вич Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪksʲɪˈjevʲɪt͡ɕ]; Ukrainian: Світлана Олександрівна Алексієвич; born 31 May 1948, Stanislaviv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer, writing 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.