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Svetlana Aleksievich, writer of Belarus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2015 at the time of the book "Chernobyl Prayer: Chronicle of the Future" presentation in Kiev. Ukraine, Thursday, April 7, 2016 This year marks 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Svetlana Aleksievich, writer of Belarus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2015 at the time of the book "Chernobyl Prayer: Chronicle of the Future" presentation in Kiev. Ukraine, Thursday, April 7, 2016 This year marks 30  years after  the Chernobyl nuclear accident. (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)