Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich to get three awards in China
Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich will get three awards in China –Shanghai and Beijing International Book Fair Awards and Wenjin Book Award. The Nobel Prize laureate is paying a 10-day visit to China. Alexievich will attend two book fairs where the translations of her books into Chinese will be presented. She is planning to meet with Chinese writers and critics and to give interviews to the radio and TV, Radio Liberty reports.
Svetlana Alexievich is planning to meet with Chinese Nobel Prize 2012 laureate Mo Yan. The Belarusian writer will meet with Chinese writers Yan Lianke, Yui Hua and Lyan Hun on August 26 and 27.
