Female writer Svetlana Alexievich - a non-fictional Dostoesky

Female writer Svetlana Alexievich - a non-fictional Dostoesky

CADN - On December 24, under the organization of the Union of VHNT Associations and Writers Association of Da Nang City, writer Nguyen Ngoc had a talk with the artists and literary lovers in Da Nang about writer Svetlana Alexievich (1948) - who recently received the Nobel Prize for Literature 2015. With a witty talk, writer Nguyen Ngoc has provided some quite interesting information about this 67-year-old Belarusian female writer.

Writer Nguyen Ngoc said that the Swedish Academy's decision to award the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature to female writer Svetlana Alexievich is completely worth it. This is also the first time, the Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to a writer specializing in writing non-fiction (roughly translated). She is considered one of the writers with a special voice - polyphonic, polyphonic. With this kind of non-fiction, she contributed to the creation of a new literary genre, breaking the boundaries between other genres.

Before becoming a writer, Svetlana Alexievich was a journalist. Through these journeys to go and write, she soon realized the "cramped" of journalism. Accordingly, journalism language cannot describe the vast reality and deep and vast issues of social life. That is why she turned to literature. In her works, writer Nguyen Ngoc especially emphasizes 5 famous works, shocking public opinion not only in Russia but also in the world, that is: "War does not have a woman's face. "," The Last Witnesses "(or War in the Eyes of Children)," Coffins "," Prayers "," The End of the Red Man "(also translated:" Second- Era) hand "or" Charm Time "). Except for "Prayer" about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the remaining 4 works are about the subject of war.

Talking about the work "War without a woman's face", writer Nguyen Ngoc said: This work was finished by her in 1982, but it was not published until 1985, in which some passages were checked. from the publisher's side, some passages censor herself. This work was translated by writer Nguyen Ngoc in 1987. However, until 1988, when this female writer came to Vietnam, she met her that he only knew that he had only translated 200/450 pages of the original. According to writer Nguyen Ngoc, the nature has given the woman a divine function, which is the natural function of reproduction, the function of creating a human for the society. Therefore, their perspectives are more altruistic and humane. According to writer Nguyen Ngoc, men look and tell about war with their mind, and women look and talk about war with emotion and emotion. That is why the truth about war through the perspective of women is more real, more human, more painful. By writing in his multi-tone, "War without a woman's face" by Svetlana Alexievich has revealed a very different face of war ... In these 5 works, writer Nguyen Ngoc thinks that the work "The End of the Red Man" (or "Second-Hand Era", "The Time of Love") can be considered as her most important work. Her works shocked public opinion and surpassed public opinion because it "touched" a fundamental, lasting and very profound problem of humanity. Accordingly, "evil does not come from social organization, it comes from within each person". Therefore, "man must be afraid of himself" ... Therefore, he said, it is not wrong that people liken her to a non-fictional Dostoesky ...

Writer Nguyen Ngoc said, writer Svetlana Alexievich very attentive to human speech in life. She considered herself a woman "ears". She said that words are a very important part of human life. Also according to her, literature has not properly appreciated the importance of lively human words in life. Many experts judged and thought she was the creator of a kind of "speech novel". This is most clearly shown in the work "War Without a Woman's Face". This work is taken material from her interviews with hundreds of women who participated in World War II.

Through the conversation, another message that writer Nguyen Ngoc sent to the composers was continuous creation, breakthrough and exploration.

P. Thuy