French author Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
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2022 #Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acumen with which she discovered the roots, estrangement, and collective limitations of individual memory.” pic.twitter.com/D9yAvki1LL– Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 6, 2022
‘In his writing, Ernaux consistently and from different angles considers a life marked by strong disparities in gender, language and class. Her path to authorship has been long and arduous,” reads an author’s statement on the Nobel Prize’s website.
Annie Ernaux was born in 1940. She grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, northern France, where her parents ran a grocery store and a cafe. ‘In his writing, Ernaux consistently and from different angles considers a life marked by strong disparities in gender, language and class. As stated by Anders Olsson, Chair of the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy, her path to authorship was long and arduous ”.
Some of her notable works include: Les armoires vides (1974; Cleaned Out, 1990), Une femme (1987; A Woman’s Story, 1990), La honte (1996; Shame, 1998), L’événement ( 2000; Happening, 2001) ), among others.
Since 1901, a total of 115 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded to writers around the world for their exceptional contributions to the field of literature. Of these, only 17 female authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature to date. This year’s winner, author Annie Ernaux has become the 17th female author to win the prestigious award.
In 2021, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to British-Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah. He was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration into the effects of colonialism and the fate of refugees in the gulf between cultures and continents”.
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