Belarusian writer Svetlana Aleksievich awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Last time this award was awarded to Russian-speaking author in 1987 – then became the winner Joseph Brodsky.
Today in Stockholm Exchange building in the Old Town have announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature . They became the 67-year-old Belarusian writer, novelist and journalist Svetlana Aleksievich, which experts called among the first most likely contenders for the title of Nobel laureate this year. Its academics chosen from a list of 198 candidates. She became the 14th woman on account of the 111 laureates for literature, the prize in the area awarded annually since 1901. The previous female winner was Canadian writer Alice Munro Anne, who received his award in 2013. Interestingly, while Ms. Aleksievich is also considered one of the contenders for the Nobel Prize, but Alice Munro it bypassed.
Swedish academics noted Svetlana Aleksievich with the wording “for its polyphonic work – a monument to suffering and courage in our time, “” for the polyphonic works of the sufferings and difficulties of our time ».
Aleksievich Svetlana was born in 1948 in Ivano-Frankivsk in a family of Ukrainian and Belarusian. Her first novel, “War is not a woman’s face,” published in 1985, was written on the basis of previously unknown stories of women who fought in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi soldiers, the book sold more than 2 million copies and been translated into 20 languages . It is also included in school and university curricula. Her subsequent work became a chronicle of the greatest tragedies of the Soviet Union and its collapse: Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Chernobyl accident and suicide, which followed the death of communism.
Ms Aleksievich works in the genre Art and nonfiction. These “investigative reports” Svetlana Aleksievich of political storms, along with its original literary style have made her a favorite among critics for years. The writer lives in Minsk.
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius when called Svetlana Aleksievich announce the result of voting in the answer has heard: «Fantastic!»
Svetlana Aleksievich said that premium would give her the opportunity to work on new books without thinking, “Where to make money.” “I always buy the premium for freedom. I write books for a long time – 5-10 years “, – she said at a press conference in Minsk. Ms. Aleksievich believes that the award was given to her for any particular book, and the whole of creation.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus writer Svetlana Aleksievich congratulated on being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. “We welcome the decision of the Nobel Committee to award the prize for literature in 2015 our compatriot, the Belarusian writer Svetlana Aleksievich. This is the first award given to a citizen of our sovereign country, will go down in the history of formation of the Belarusian nation, society and the state, “- said the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
literary commentator, critic Konstantin Milchin on air “Kommersant FM”: «There is primary is that for the first time in a long time the prize is awarded to the author, who works in the genre of non-fiction, that is not a novelist. Books Aleksievich – this is such a great journalistic work, reporter’s work. For the first time in the history of the Nobel Prize, well, no, not at all, but over the years it gets for the work of a man who on the basis of in-depth interviews make a documentary text. That’s how it should be, perhaps, to understand the word ‘polyphony’, which was mentioned in the verdict of the Swedish Academy. ” Read more 114th Nobel week in Stockholm began October 5th. Already they became known names of the winners in medicine, physics and chemistry. October 9 in Oslo called Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony is traditionally held December 10 at the day of the death of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prize this year for the first time in 15 years will be less than $ 1 million.
Physiology and Medicine – American microbiologist John O`Kif and his Norwegian colleague – spouses Edward and May-Britt Moser – for the discovery of the brain cells responsible for the orientation of the person in space.
Physics – Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for the discovery in the early 1990s, blue LEDs .
Chemistry – Eric Betzig William Merner and Stefan Hell for the development of fluorescence microscopy with superresolution .
References – Frenchman Patrick Modiano for the “art of memory, which he outlined the most elusive aspects of human personality and revealed to us the life and the world of occupation ».
Peace Prize – Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and her Indian counterpart Kailash Satyarthi of the struggle against the suppression of the rights of children and young people and for the rights of all children education .
Economy – French economist Jean Tirole for his research methods of antimonopoly regulation in oligopolistic markets, .
No comments:
Post a Comment