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French writer Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

Annie Ernaux, née Annie Duchesne, (born September 1, 1940, Lillebonne, France), French author known for her lightly fictionalized memoirs, which are written in spare, detached prose. Her work examines her memories, sometimes revisiting events in later works and reconstructing them, thus revealing the artifice of her own genre. Themes include her illegal abortion, her troubled marriage, her mother’s decline from Alzheimer’s, her love affairs during middle age, and her experience with cancer...

The first French woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Annie Ernaux's work combines the personal and intimate with the great, collective sweep of history

Her body of work includes discussions on the act and art of writing, texts incorporating personal photographs, intimate and public diaries, and life-writing that refuses to be contained by categories.

Annie Ernaux is the first French woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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She is the second woman among the eight Nobel laureates honoured so far this year.

The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($914,704)

French author, Annie Ernaux has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature, often writing about daily life in France for women.