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6 October 2022

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022

Annie Ernaux

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux,

“for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”.

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