French author Annie Ernaux, whose novels draw on personal experience of class and gender, has won the Nobel Literature Prize. The jury praised "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory".
Ernaux is the author of 22 novels. Informed of the award, the 82-year-old told Swedish television on Thursday that she felt honoured, and under enormous responsibility.
