Svetlana Aleksievich

The president wishes the writer health, happiness and new creative achievements for the benefit of Belarus.
She will use it to quietly write new books.
Payment to the state will amount to more than 120 thousand dollars
Foreign Ministry expressed hope that this is not the last high international award for Belarusians.
Sviatlana Alexievich is holding a news conference after learning she has won the Nobel Literature prize.
Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Aleksievich wins the Nobel Literature prize for 2015.

The Belarusian has been noted for her book Second-Hand Time translated into Polish.

The award was handed to Alieksiyevich by the French Ambassador to Belarus Dominique Gazyui on October 21 in Minsk.

The Belarusian writer has become an officer of the French Republic’s Order of Merit.