In the announcement, the Nobel jury highlighted the “courage and clinical acuity with which he uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective constraints of personal memory”.
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In Brazil, the writer is known for three books: O Lugar, Os Anos and O Acontecimento. In the latter, she reports on a clandestine abortion she had in the 1960s. Two new titles should be published by the same publisher, Fósforo, by the end of the year. One of them is The Young Man, a novel in which she narrates her involvement with a man 30 years younger and which will be released on Flip.
Annie will receive the prize of 10 million crowns, approximately US$900 thousand dollars. Ernaux, who has been a name mentioned for many years among potential Nobel winners, is the 17th woman among the 119 writers who have received the prize since its creation in 1901. The first of them was Selma Lagerlöf, in 1909.
Last year, the prize was awarded to British artist Abdulrazak Gurnah, for his work on refugees, colonialism and racism.
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(With AFP)
