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Nobel Prize announced : Svetlana Alexievich

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  • 09-10-2015 12:37pm
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    Manach
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    "
    Svetlana Alexievich - this year's Nobel laureate for literature - says her approach is to let "human voices speak for themselves".
    She first came to prominence in 1985 when, as a 37-year-old journalist in the Soviet Union, she published her first documentary book: War's Unwomanly Face.
    It is an oral history of ordinary Belarusian women who fought in World War Two.
    Belarus was still very much in the grip of communist officialdom, intensified by the pomposity of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. The tone of her book - poignant, human, touching - came as a complete shock.
    That book defined her style for years to come.
    " - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34478536


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    byronbay2
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    Erm, yeah, I liked her early stuff!


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