French writer Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

STORY: French writer Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE(English): MATS MALM, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy 2. various of Swedish Academy STORYLINE: French writer Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (English): MATS MALM, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy "The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux, for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory." In her writing, Ernaux consistently and from different angles, examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language and class. Her path to authorship was long and arduous, the Swedish Academy said. Ernaux was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, France. She is one of the most i

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NOBEL PRIZE-LITERATURE

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NOBEL PRIZE-LITERATURE

(221006) -- STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Works of Annie Ernaux are displayed during the announcement of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2022. French writer Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday, "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory." (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)