A History of the Soul

Svetlana Alexievich is a Nobel Laureate born in Ivano-Frakisvsk who lived most of her life in Belarus, with years in exile in Western Europe. She has been credited with the invention of a new literary genre, which she describes as a “novel of voices”; a documentary prose in which individuals record their own personal and political histories. In 2018, she was awarded the Anna Politkovskaya Award. Her books include The Unwomanly Face of War, Boys in Zinc and Voices from Chernobyl. 

Mariana Katzarova is the founder of RAW in WAR (Reach All Women In War). Mariana has over 25 years’ experience of working with human rights issues in conflict zones such as Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and Ukraine; working in a variety of International organisations such as the OECD and the United Nations. She worked for 10 years as the researcher on Russia and Chechnya at Amnesty International in London.