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Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (French:; née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory".
Ernaux's take is all the more so for being unabashedly philosophical rather than moral." [ 4 ] Joy Press of The Village Voice wrote, "Ernaux connects her experience to the wider world of class and religion and law, resulting in a startling, unusual portrait of how a vagina really lives in the world."
The Years (French: Les Années) is a 2008 non-fiction book by Annie Ernaux.It has been described as a "hybrid" memoir, spanning the period of 1941 to 2006. [1] [2] [3] Ernaux's English publisher, Seven Stories Press, described it as an autobiography that is "at once subjective and impersonal, private and collective."
Annie Ernaux, 82, was cited for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory."
French author Annie Ernaux adresses to media outside her home in Cergy-Pontoise, outside Paris, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. 2022's Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux.
Yes, awarding the Nobel Prize in literature to Ernaux, a chronicler of illegal abortion, is a political move. But it's also a victory for literature In honoring Annie Ernaux, the literature Nobel ...
Ernaux explores memories of life experiences – both extraordinary and relatable – a backstreet abortion; failed affairs whether with a lover in Russia or a man 30 years younger; the death of her parents; breast cancer." [13] American novelist Brandon Taylor joked about Ernaux's win, saying: "Cinema is back. Annie Ernaux is a Nobel laureate.
5/5 A stage version of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece, in which five women play the author throughout her life, manages the extraordinary feat of intricately telling the story of a ...