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Svetlana Alexievich awarded Korean international peace prize • Apr. 2, 2025, 4:48 PM ET (Korea Herald)

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Born May 31, 1948 (age 76) • Ivano-Frankivsk • Ukraine
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2015)

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