Since the publication of her first book, Cleaned Out, in 1974, Annie Ernaux’s writing has continued to explore not only her own life experience but also that of her generation, her parents, women, anonymous others encountered in public space, the forgotten.

In 1974 Annie Ernaux published her first book, Cleaned Out, a fictionalized account of the illegal abortion she underwent in 1964, and her move from working-class to middle-class culture through education. In 1977 the family moved to Cergy-Pontoise, a new town in the Paris region.

2024年6月17日 · Since the publication of Les Armoires vides in 1974, Annie Ernaux has consistently and fearlessly tested the boundaries of traditional literary paradigms in both form and content.

2024年10月5日 · 11.30am-12.30pm (Paterson’s Land G1) Round table discussion on the translation and reception of Annie Ernaux’s works with Sonja Finck (Ernaux’s German translator) and Julia Hartley (University of Glasgow, interpreter). Moderator: Lyn Thomas

11.30am-12.30pm (Paterson’s Land G1) Round table discussion on the translation and reception of Annie Ernaux’s works with Sonja Finck (Ernaux’s German translator) and Julia Hartley (University of Glasgow, interpreter). Moderator: Lyn Thomas

From 6 to 13 July 2012, the conference ‘L’oeuvre d’Annie Ernaux: le temps et la mémoire’ [‘The works of Annie Ernaux: Time and Memory’] took place at the Centre culturel international in Cerisy-la-Salle . Organised by Francine Best, Bruno Blanckeman and Francine Dugast-Porte, the week-long conference allowed for rich discussions ...

Photo credit: Annie Ernaux – Photo gallery. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2022/ernaux/photo-gallery/> Banquet speech (given by Ernaux on December 10th, on the award of the prize)

2022年12月5日 · Annie Ernaux will deliver the Nobel prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2022 at 5pm CET. It will be available to watch with transcription in English (source: The Nobel Prize/ YouTube).

Texte reproduit dans Cahier de l’Herne Annie Ernaux, dir. Pierre-Louis Fort (L’Herne, 2022), 288-289. « Le pamphlet fasciste de Richard Millet déshonore la littérature », Le Monde (10 septembre 2012).

The exhibition: Exteriors — Annie Ernaux and Photography celebrates the dynamic relationship between photography and the writing of Annie Ernaux. Winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, Annie Ernaux is known for her social and feminist commitment and her ability to explore universal themes such as memory, identity and the human condition.