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    Svetlana Alexievich

    Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Starting out as a journalist, she developed her own nonfiction genre, which gathers a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment. Her works include War’s Unwomanly Face (1985), Last Witnesses (1985), Zinky Boys (1990), Voices from Chernobyl (1997), and Secondhand Time (2013). She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)
    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780593308554
    Ebook
    Aug 31, 2021
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Last Witnesses
    Last Witnesses
    An Oral History of the Children of World War II
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588761
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 16, 2020
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Unwomanly Face of War
    The Unwomanly Face of War
    An Oral History of Women in World War II
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588747
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 03, 2018
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Secondhand Time
    Secondhand Time
    The Last of the Soviets
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588822
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 21, 2017
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Books

    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)
    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780593308554
    $8.99 US
    Ebook
    Aug 31, 2021
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    Last Witnesses
    Last Witnesses
    An Oral History of the Children of World War II
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588761
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 16, 2020
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Unwomanly Face of War
    The Unwomanly Face of War
    An Oral History of Women in World War II
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588747
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 03, 2018
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Secondhand Time
    Secondhand Time
    The Last of the Soviets
    Svetlana Alexievich
    9780399588822
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 21, 2017
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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