Nobel Prize - 14 women have been awarded the #NobelPrize in Literature so far between 1901 and 2015. 2015 Svetlana Alexievich was awarded "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and
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The Nobel Prize on Twitter: "Quote from interview today with 2015 Literature Laureate Svetlana Alexievich. #NobelPrize http://t.co/l1H07l1xqO" / Twitter
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