Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster is a 2005 book by Svetlana Alexievich
. Alexievich was a journalist living in Minsk
, the capital of Belarus
, at the time of the Chernobyl disaster
. She interviewed more than 500 eyewitnesses, including firefighters, liquidators (members of the cleanup team), politicians, physicians, physicists, and ordinary citizens, over a period of 10 years. The book relates the psychological and personal tragedy
of the Chernobyl accident, and explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives.
Voices from Chernobyl was awarded the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award
for general non-fiction.
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist and prose writer.-Life:Born in the Ukrainian town of Stanislav to a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother, she grew up in Belarus...
. Alexievich was a journalist living in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, the capital of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, at the time of the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
. She interviewed more than 500 eyewitnesses, including firefighters, liquidators (members of the cleanup team), politicians, physicians, physicists, and ordinary citizens, over a period of 10 years. The book relates the psychological and personal tragedy
Tragedy (event)
A tragedy is an event in which one or more losses, usually of human life, occurs that is viewed as mournful. Such an event is said to be tragic....
of the Chernobyl accident, and explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives.
Voices from Chernobyl was awarded the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle to promote the finest books and reviews published in English....
for general non-fiction.