WATCH: Annie Ernaux, French author of deeply personal works, wins Nobel Prize in literature
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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Ernaux has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, illuminating murky corners of memory, family and society.
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, 82, is the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her books that feature stories about abortion, illness and personal experiences.
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.