French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature

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French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature
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JUST IN: The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux, best known for her works that blur the line between memoir and fiction such as 'A Woman's Story' and 'I Remain in Darkness.'

The book was translated into English in 1990.

At the press conference for the announcement, Anders Olsson, the chair of the Nobel committee for literature, was asked if there was a political sentiment behind giving the award to someone who has written so personally about abortion. Olsson rebuffed, saying the committee focuses on literature and literary quality. That said,"it's very important for us also, that the laureate has universal consequence in her work. That it can reach everyone.

"For the reader, the images of the past reveal themselves in broken shapes and forms with holes all over," Sadegh writes."You leaf through this pile of images and texts and feel immersed in the past. The years have come and gone, and most of the moments lived — captured only in photos and partially in memory— have vanished."was translated into English. It recalled her early teenage sexual experiences and excavated the shame of it all just ahead of the sexual revolution.

. According to the book's press release, it's a"meditation on the phenomenon of the big-box super store." Of course, through the lens of Ernaux's own memory.

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