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2022 #nobel prize In literature the French writer Anne Arnoux is revered “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, arrangements and collective restrictions of individual memory.” pic.twitter.com/D9yAvki1LL— Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) 6 October 2022
‘In his writings, Arnoux examines a life marked by strong inequalities with respect to gender, language and class, constantly and from different angles. His path to the author was long and difficult,’ reads a statement about the author on the website of the Nobel Prize.
Annie Arnoux was born in 1940. She grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, northern France, where her parents ran a grocery store and a cafe. ‘In his writings, Arnoux examines a life marked by strong inequalities with respect to gender, language and class, constantly and from different angles. His path to becoming a writer was long and difficult,’ reads a statement by Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy, according to the Nobel Prize website.
Some of his notable works include: Les Armoires Vids (1974; Clean Out, 1990), Une Femme (1987; A Woman’s Story, 1990), La Honte (1996; Shame, 1998), L’Venement (2000; The Happening, 2001) ), among others.
Since 1901, a total of 115 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded to writers around the world for their extraordinary contributions to literature. Of these, only 17 women writers have received the Nobel Prize for Literature so far. This year’s winning author Annie Arnoux became the 17th female writer to win the prestigious award.
In 2021, the Nobel Prize in Literature was won by Tanzanian-born British-born novelist Abdulrajak Gurnah. He was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his uncompromising and compassionate admission of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee into the gap between cultures and continents”.
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