This afternoon it was announced that French writer Annie Ernaux has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
The prestigious prize was awarded to the 82-year-old “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”. The writer, who is published in English by Fitzcarraldo Editions, will receive 10 million Swedish kronor (about £807,000) for the win.
