French writer Annie Ernaux said she hoped that her Nobel Prize was "a sign of hope for all female writers", who "have not yet gained legitimacy as producers of written works". She made the comment in a lecture ahead of the official prize ceremony on Saturday in Sweden.
A feminist icon, 82-year-old Ernaux was awarded this year's Nobel in October for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory", the jury said.
