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Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.
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Svetlana Alexievich was born in 1948. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Svetlana Alexievich's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1948 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.26 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $8,300 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $5,000 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.40 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.40 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 146.6M | 341 million |
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