Author record · 2016 to 2019

Svetlana Alexievich: Awards and Best-of Lists

Svetlana Alexievich has won 1 award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2016) for Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 18 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2019Last WitnessesThe Telegraph Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best BooksRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
2019Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War IIWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2017Second-Hand TimeWarwick Prize for Women in Translation source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · TranslationBela Shayevich
2017The Unwomanly Face of WarThe Telegraph Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017The Unwomanly Face of WarThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Biography and memoir
2017The Unwomanly Face Of War: An Oral History Of Women In World War IINPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
2017The Unwomanly Face of WarThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History
2017The Unwomanly Face of WarKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · NonfictionRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
2017The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War IIWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable NonfictionRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Current InterestBela Shayevich
2016Second-hand Time: The Last of the SovietsBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Non-Fiction
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 10 Best Books
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: HistoryBela Shayevich
2016Secondhand Time: The Last Of The SovietsNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveBela Shayevich
2016Second Hand Time: The Last of the SovietsThe Irish Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books of the Year
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionBela Shayevich
2016Secondhand TimeKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · NonfictionBela Shayevich
2016Secondhand TimeNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · NonfictionBela Shayevich
2016Secondhand TimeThe Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · NonfictionBela Shayevich
2016Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10Bela Shayevich

Books

  1. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets9 sources · 2016
  2. The Unwomanly Face of War6 sources · 2017
  3. Second-Hand Time3 sources · 2016 to 2017
  4. Last Witnesses2 sources · 2019