Author: Annie Ernaux
Alternate names: Anni Ernaux; Annie Duchesne; Annie Thérèse Blanche Duchesne
Born: 1 September 1940
Bio: Annie Ernaux (née Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ernaux)