Svetlana Alexievich

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.