Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature to Svetlana Alexievich, presented by Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2015.

Interview

Following the announcement, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, was interviewed by freelance journalist Sven Hugo Persson about the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature to Svetlana Alexievich.

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MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Mon. 2 Oct 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2015/prize-announcement/>

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