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When I see a garden in flower, then I believe in God for a second. But not the rest of the time

Svetlana Alexievich

When I see a garden in flower, then I believe in God for a second. But not the rest of the time

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About Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.