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The Permanent Secretary
Press release
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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