Acceptance Speech by the 2020 CEU Open Society Prize recipient, Svetlana Alexievich 

At CEU’s virtual graduation ceremony held June 27, 2020, President and Rector Michael Ignatieff announced the winner of the CEU Open Society Prize: Svetlana Alexievich. Introducing the 2015 Nobel Laureate for Literature “as a worthy recipient of this year’s Open Society Prize," Ignatieff added that Alexievich “demonstrates that a fierce commitment to stand up for the truth of ordinary people’s lived experience of suffering and endurance is a critical value for any open society.” 
You can catch her acceptance speech here.
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