Swedan Current Affairs, GK & News

Author Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 8, 2015

Author Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus has been selected for prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy has selected Svetlana for her polyphonic writings, courage and a monument to suffering. With this she became 14th women Literature Laureate and she is also the first writer from Belarus to receive this award. About Svetlana Alexievich ..

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Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 6, 2015

Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur B. McDonald (Canada) have jointly won the prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected them for their key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities. They individually have discovered neutrino oscillations and shown that neutrinos have mass. Arthur McDonald Mr. McDonald is ..

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Renowned Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell passes away

October 6, 2015

Renowned and bestselling Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell passed away in Gothenburg, Swedan. He was 67. He was best known for a series of mystery crime novels starring his most noted fictional creation Inspector Kurt Wallander. About Henning Mankell Henning Mankell was born on 3 February 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden. Apart from being crime writer ..

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