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 either. It was simply thought, and still is, 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, sensitively listen to the behavior of their parents and those close to them. This is human nature. 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 village. 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. At school, Svetlana studied well. I got along with classmates. She did not give herself an insult.
The biography of the future Nobel Prize laureate could have developed according to traditional patterns. Having received a certificate of maturity, Svetlana went to work as a teacher in a kindergarten. Then she taught children 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, which 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. By distribution, she got the post of correspondent in the Berezovsky district newspaper of the Brest region, “Lighthouse 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 topics. Witnesses and participants in the war were still alive at that time. Their memories and impressions Svetlana tried to record as much as possible.
Nobel laureate
Svetlana Aleksievich’s journalistic career was developing successfully. She performed the tasks of the editor and, moreover, collected material for her future stories and short stories. Just three years after the university, she was invited to the post of head of the department of letters to the editorial office of the famous Neman magazine. In 1983, Aleksievich was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR. In the same period, she completed work on her main book, "The War Does Not Have a Female Face." However, it was only possible to print it a few years later.
The journalist Aleksievich’s love of the word alternated 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 had difficulty publishing 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 path to recognition was a long one. Only in 2015, Svetlana Alexandrovna received the Nobel Prize for her main book.
