The military theme has long been considered the prerogative of the male part of the writing workshop. This situation can be called normal. At the same time, no one forbade women to work in this direction. It was simply believed and is still believed that writing about the war is not a woman's business. Svetlana Aleksandrovna Aleksievich is one of the few writers who works in the genre of military prose.
Teacher and journalist
Children, especially at an early age, are sensitive to the behavior of their parents and those around them. This is how human nature works. Svetlana Aleksievich was born on May 31, 1948 in the family of a participant in the Great Patriotic War. Parents worked as teachers in the countryside. The child was brought up in simple and harsh conditions. From an early age, the girl watched how people live in the village, what they dream about and what goals they set for themselves. Svetlana studied well at school. I got along with classmates. She did not give herself offense.
The biography of the future Nobel Prize winner could have developed according to traditional templates. Having received a certificate of maturity, Svetlana went to work as a teacher in a kindergarten. Then she taught the kids at a local school. Then she was accepted into the staff of the regional newspaper. It is important to note that already at school age, the girl wrote notes and poems that were published on the pages of the "district". Two years later, Aleksievich entered the journalism department of the Belarusian State University.
In 1972, Svetlana Alexandrovna received a specialized education. According to the distribution, she got the position of a correspondent in the Berezovskaya regional newspaper of the Brest region "The Beacon of Communism". She travels a lot, writes and publishes her materials. It was during this period of his creative activity that Aleksievich formulated his priority themes. At that time, the witnesses and participants in the war were still alive. Svetlana tried to write down their memories and impressions in as much detail as possible.
Nobel laureate
Svetlana Aleksievich's journalistic career was successful. She performed the tasks of the editor and, in addition, collected material for her future stories and stories. Literally three years after university, she was invited to the post of head of the department of letters in the editorial office of the famous magazine "Neman". In 1983, Aleksievich was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR. In the same period, she completes work on her main book "War has no woman's face". However, it was possible to print it only after a few years.
The journalist Aleksievich's love for the word was interspersed with a critical attitude to the surrounding reality. Her views and assessments, as a rule, did not coincide with the official point of view. This is the reason that the author has always experienced difficulties with the publication of his books. When irreversible perestroika processes began in the country, the book was published. She was noticed not only by domestic critics, but also by foreign ones. The road to recognition was long. Only in 2015, Svetlana Alexandrovna received the Nobel Prize for her main book.
Personal life
There is no need to talk about the personal life of the writer. At one time, she tried to build a relationship, but a potential husband did not live up to expectations. All the unspent female energy was sublimated into creativity. An ordinary man is afraid to marry a talented and famous woman. That's all the simple "arithmetic". Svetlana Alexandrovna takes part in the upbringing of her niece.
