Svetlana Alexievich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Svetlana Alexievich

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer

Date of Birth: 31-May-1948

Place of Birth: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948 in Ivano-Frankivsk) 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".
She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.