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Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)

Also known as: Swetlana Alexandrowna Alexijewitsch, Alexijewitsch, Svetlana A. Aleksievic, Svetlana Aleksievič, Svetlana Aleksievich, Svetlana Aleksiyevich

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Known works

Чернобыльская молитва (2006)
У войны не женское лицо (1988)
Время сэконд хэнд
Цинковые мальчики (1991)
Последние свидетели (1985)