Svetlana Alexievich
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About
Author known for her works The Boys of Zinc and Voices from Chernobyl, both of which were first-hand accounts.
Before fame
She worked as a correspondent for the literary magazine, Neman.
Trivia
She was given the National Book Critics Circle Award for Voices from Chernobyl in 2005.
Family life
She was born to a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother.
Associated with
She left Belorussia after facing persecution from the Alexander Lukashenko regime.
