2015 Nobel Prize in Literature

2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Svetlana Alexievich
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
Date
  • 8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2015
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich (born 1948) "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".[1][2] She is described as the first journalist and the first Belarusian national to receive the Nobel prize since December 10, 2015.[3]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature prize Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, by BBC
  3. ^ Alison Flood, Luke Harding and agencies (8 October 2015). "Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2021.