Annie Ernaux Wins Nobel Prize in Literature for Her Unabashed Autobiographical Writing | Smart News
The French author is the 17th woman to win the prize
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The French author is the 17th woman to win the prize
French author Annie Ernaux has staunchly defended a woman's right to abortion after winning this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.
French author Annie Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs.
Finally, the Swedish Academy got it right.
PARIS -- French author Annie Ernaux won this year's Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for blending fiction and autobiography in books that fearlessly mine her experiences as a working-class woman to explore life in France since the 1940s.