Svetlana Alexievich
Born in 1948
Svetlana Alexievich is a Belarusian journalist and author born in Ukraine to Belarusian and Ukrainian parents.
She grew up in Belarus and studied journalism at the University of Minsk.
Alexievich's work often criticizes political regimes in the Soviet Union and Belarus, forcing her to live abroad at times.
Her writing style blends journalism and fiction, using interviews to create "documentary novels" that depict life during and after the Soviet era through individual experiences.
Alexievich is best known for her five-part cycle "Voices of Utopia." In 2015, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her distinctive writing style and exploration of Soviet and post-Soviet life.
