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The Super 8 Years review – the family life of a Nobel prizewinner caught on film

Literary ambition, motherhood and a quietly strained marriage appear in the sweet, soft focus home movies of French author Annie Ernaux

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023

I obtained a prize I never wanted: Annie Ernaux on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature

French writer Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022 "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”. However, the author recently revealed at an event that she never wanted to win the award. She further revealed…

The Times of India · May 30, 2023

Nobel literature prize fell into my life ‘like a bomb’, says Annie Ernaux

In conversation with Sally Rooney at Charleston festival author says award has hindered her ability to focus on writing

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux review – supermarket blues

The Nobel laureate’s diaristic reflections on retail leave much to be desired

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023

Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux calls for justice as French students allege sex assault by police

Annie Ernaux, the 2022 Nobel literature laureate, has backed calls for a thorough investigation after four female students said they were sexually assaulted by police in the western city of Nantes following a protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply contentious pension reform.

France 24 · Mar 27, 2023

New this week: Lukas Graham, 'That 90’s Show' and 'Jung_E'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Lukas Graham, the Showtime series “Your Honor” starring Bryan Cranston returns for its second and final season, and “Hellbound” director Yeon Sang-Ho unveils his new sci-fi action pic, the dystopian “Jung_E,” where Earth has become uninhabitable and war is about to…

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

How autofiction turns the personal into the political

It is timely that the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature went to French writer Annie Ernaux.

The Conversation · Jan 10, 2023

France's Annie Ernaux says Nobel win a 'sign of hope' for women writers

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.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2022

The unconscious suffering of the replacement child

Letters: Kristina Schellinski on Louise Glück and Annie Ernaux, and Jim Cosgrove on why overdoing the labelling of children as ‘replacements’ is offensive

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Nobel prize an institution ‘for men’, says literature laureate Annie Ernaux

Awards are ‘bound to tradition’, says French writer, praised by academy for ‘the courage and clinical acuity of her work’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022