Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize in Literature, 2022

Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux 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"

Awards and distinctions

• 1977 Prix d'Honneur for the 1977 novel Ce qu'ils disent ou rien
• 1984 Prix Renaudot for La Place
• 2008 Prix Marguerite-Duras for Les Années
• 2008 Prix François-Mauriac for Les Années
• 2008 Prix de la langue française for the entirety of her oeuvre
• 2014 Doctor honoris causa of the University of Cergy-Pontoise
• 2016 Strega European Prize for The Years (translated into Italian as Gli Anni (L'Orma)
• 2017 Prix Marguerite-Yourcenar, awarded by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors, for the entirety of her oeuvre
• 2018 Premio Hemingway per la letteratura for the entirety of her oeuvre
• 2019 Prix Formentor
• 2019 Premio Gregor von Rezzori for Una Donna
• 2019 Short Listed for the Man Booker International Prize for The Years
• 2021: Elected a Royal Society of Literature International Writer
• 2022: Nobel Prize in Literature
• In addition, the Annie-Ernaux Award, of which she is the "godmother", bears her name.