Annie Ernaux is named Nobel literature laureate
On October 6, 2022, Annie Ernaux was named Nobel literature laureate.
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The Event
On October 6, 2022, Annie Ernaux was named Nobel literature laureate.
The Cultural Context
The award recognized work that used personal memory to examine class, gender and social change in France.
How the work reached readers
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Reading the Historical Record
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