2022 Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to French Writer Annie Ernaux (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] This year's Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Annie Ernaux (82), a French author.

The Swedish Academy announced on the 6th (local time) that Ernaux was selected as the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.

Ernaux was born on September 1, 1940, in Lillebonne, France, and grew up in Yvetot, Normandy. After studying literature at the University of Rouen, she worked as a secondary school teacher and university faculty member before obtaining a professorship in literature. She debuted in 1974 with the autobiographical novel "Les Armoires vides" (Empty Wardrobes) and won the Renault Prize for "La Place" (The Place) in 1984. In 2008, she received the Marguerite Duras Prize, Fran?ois Mauriac Prize, French Language Prize, and Telegram Readers' Prize for "Les Ann?es" (The Years), which reflects on the changes in modern France.

Her representative works include "Passion simple" (Simple Passion), "La Honte" (Shame), and "L’Usage de la photo" (The Use of Photography). In 2011, her collected works "Ecrire la vie" (Writing Life), which includes autobiographical novels and unpublished diaries, became the first work by a living author to be included in the Gallimard Collection. In 2003, the Annie Ernaux Prize was established in her name.