Svetlana Aleksiévitx

Svetlana Aleksiévitx is a Belarusian journalist and writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015 for her deeply moving works that blend journalism and literature. Her pioneering narrative style, which emphasizes the voices of everyday people, has inspired a generation of writers, including Katerina Gordéieva and Ielena Kostiutxenko, as they document the human experiences behind historical events such as wars and political upheaval.