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Svetlana Alexievich

Born on May 31, 1948

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The 79th anniversary falls on May 31, 2027, in 218 days.

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian author, investigative journalist, 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".

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