Annie Ernaux | |
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![]() Ernaux in 2017 | |
Born | Annie Thérèse Blanche Duchesne 1 September 1940 Lillebonne, France |
Education | |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (2022) |
Spouse |
Philippe Ernaux (div. 1980) |
Children | 2 |
Website | |
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Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) 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".[1][2] Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology.[3]