The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022
Awarded on: 2022-10-06
"for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"
Annie Ernaux
Born: 1940-09-01 in Lillebonne, France
Gender: female
Field: French writer (born 1940)
Biography
Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux 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". Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology.