Swedan Current Affairs, GK & News
Author Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Belarus • Current Affairs 2016 • Literature • Nobel Prize • Svetlana Alexievich • Swedan
Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Arthur McDonald • Canada • Current Affairs 2016 • Japan • Nobel Prize • Physics • Science and Technology • Swedan • Takaaki Kajita
Renowned Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell passes away
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Henning Mankell • Novelist • Obituary • Persons in News • Swedan