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Writer honored for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society; she is 17th woman of 119 recipients of award

STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux, who has fearlessly mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society.

French author Annie Ernaux, who has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, was awarded this years Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society.

Annie Ernaux, a Frech writer, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

French writer Annie Ernaux, has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($900,357).

French author Annie Ernaux has won this years Nobel Prize in Literature

French author Annie Ernaux has been awarded with this years Nobel Prize in literature.

The Swedish Academy said French author Annie Ernaux, 82, was recognized for "the courage and clinical acuity" of her writing.

Ernaux has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, illuminating murky corners of memory, family and society.

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