Svetlana Alexievich received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015, making them laureate number 112 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are the only writer from Belarus to have won the prize.
Our pick for reading Svetlana Alexievich for the first time is Voices from Chernobyl.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.