Journalist Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich

Living place: Ukraine

Birthday: 31-5-1948 (76 years old)

Global rank: #59969

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Who is Journalist Svetlana Alexievich?
Author known for her work The Boys of Zinc and The Voice from Chernobyl, both of which are debut accounts.
She was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Voices from Chernobyl in 2005.

Young / Before famous

She worked as a reporter for the literary magazine, Neman.

Family life info

She was born to a Belarusian Ukrainian father and mother.

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She left Belorussia after facing persecution from the Alexander Lukashenko regime.

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When was Journalist Svetlana Alexievich born?
Svetlana Alexievich birthday 31-5-1948 (at the age of 76).
Where is Journalist Svetlana Alexievich's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Svetlana Alexievich was born in . Là Journalist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Svetlana Alexievich's global rank is 59969 and whose rank is 274 in list of famous Journalist.
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Events in 1948 and 31-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Svetlana Alexievich

  • Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu militant (Jan. 30).
  • Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia (Feb. 23-25). Background: The Cold War
  • Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogotá, Colombia (April 30).
  • Nation of Israel proclaimed; British end Mandate at midnight; Arab armies attack (May 14). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
  • Berlin Airlift begins (June 21); ends May 12, 1949.
  • Stalin and Tito break (June 28).
  • United States of Indonesia established as Dutch and Indonesians settle conflict (Dec. 27).

Birthday Svetlana Alexievich (31-5) in history

  • Day 31-5 year 1790: The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.
  • Day 31-5 year 1889: Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.
  • Day 31-5 year 1911: The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”
  • Day 31-5 year 1961: South Africa became an independent republic.
  • Day 31-5 year 1962: Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.
  • Day 31-5 year 1970: An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.
  • Day 31-5 year 2004: Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.
  • Day 31-5 year 2010: Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.
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