[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGY1pjYW9fSXlDSG8lMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Belarusian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Russian cultural figures congratulate writer Svetlana Alexievich on her winning the 2015 Nobel prize on Belsat TV.
Zinaida Bandarenka, Honoured Artist of Belarus: “I wish Svetlana had no feeling that people are controversially taking this event. I wish the whole world were happy. ”
Actor Pavel Harlanchuk: “I am very proud that we live in the same time.”
Writer Uladzimir Arlou: “I congratulate dear Svetlana. And my congratulations to the Belarusian literature – I have no doubt that it will give more Nobel laureates to the world.”
Juozas Budraitis, Honoured Artist of Lithuania: “This milestone award will help be very sensitive to other people.”
Actress Hanna Hitryk: “I know that everyone says that he is proud of living in the same century as you.”
Antanas Jonynas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union: “My congratulation to the Belarusian culture on behalf of the Lithuanian cultural community.”
Ostap Stupka, Honoured Artist of Ukraine: “This is the estimate which you deserved for a long time – and finally, it found you.”
Yevhen Nyshchuk, Honoured Artist of Ukraine: “This prize should have been awarded much earlier, since the issues you touch have always been sore.”
Writer Alexei Simonov: “I am proud to know you.”
Translator Lyavon Barshcheuski: “I remember your being upset that Vasil Bykau did not receive the Nobel prize. But you did it for Vasil Bykau, for the Belarusian literature.”
Film director Yury Khaschavatski: “The only thing I can do is to hug and kiss you: it would be the first time when I kissed a Nobel laureate!”
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