Prize announcement

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 to Annie Ernaux, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 6 October 2022.

Interview about the awarded work

“It’s a very strong prose, both brief and uncompromising”

Following the announcement, Anders Olsson, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, was interviewed by the Nobel Prize Museum’s Carin Klaesson about the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature to Annie Ernaux.

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