Annie Erno will receive the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

French writer and literature professor Annie Ernault was born in Normandy in 1940. She made her debut in 1974 with Les Armoires videsBiographical novel. The breakthrough came in 1984 the place. In total, she published 23 titles. to her girl diary I came out with a Swedish translation last year.

“For the courage and clinical sharpness with which you reveal the roots of personal memory, alienation and collective frames,” the Swedish Academy’s justification reads. The prize money is ten million kroner and the award ceremony will take place on December 10.

GP critic Mikaela Blomqvist admits Ernaux isn’t a personal favourite.

– She has a very social point of view in her writing. Its language is clear and realistic, and it is appreciated by many readers, she said.

Academy member Elaine Mattson says of Erno’s writing, which often contains starting points in her autobiography:

This is a life’s work marked by the search for truth. Diligent search for the truth. A search where she searches within herself, but also into the world she grew up in.

surprised by TT

The Swedish Academy itself was unable to reach Erno before the award was announced. Instead, she was told by a reporter at the news agency TT.

– number! really? I’m so surprised, are you sure I got it?

– I hear it ring all the time now.

Mentioned by many who have speculated about this year’s award winner, Annie Ernaux has also been on the lists of betting sites.

Outside Norstedts, Erno’s Swedish publishing house, which has so far published five of her books, strong winds blew white geese in Rydarfjärden as people gather in the “Bergman Room” and celebrate in bubbles. Lisa Lindbergh, Annie Erno’s publisher, carefully chose her clothes in the morning, but without really daring to think about it… “Maybe that day will happen…”

Not completely, anyway. But I was hoping. It was confusing when the news came and I didn’t have time to really digest it. I am very happy and proud, she tells the family doctor.

GP Criticism and Thought Editor Sana Samuelson describes the award winner’s selection as a “feminist triumph”. do you agree?

– Yes, of course. Without literally standing on the barricades, Ernault is largely a feminist writer. I’ve been writing about taboo women’s topics for a very long time. The right to an abortion is an example, but she also wrote about the abuse she experienced. It was Mito’s story before the term even existed, says Lisa Lindberg.

What else do you want to stand out in her writing?

– There is nothing superfluous in her books. It makes women’s experiences visible in a very sharp way. Feelings almost never describe, but we who read, feel it.

Will she come to Stockholm to receive her award?

– I really hope so. I’ve only had time to talk to her answering machine so far.

In Sweden, Maria Björkman has translated three of Erno’s latest books, “The Years”, “Diary of a Girl” and “Circumstances”. She seemed elated when the GP arrived shortly after the announcement of Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.

– I was incredibly surprised and happy!

Was Annie Erno the favorite of many in the introductory speech before this year’s Nobel Prize?

– Yes, and because she was a pre-favourite, I didn’t actually think she would get the award this year.

What would you say characterize her writing?

– She writes in a very cold way, but in a personal way. In this way, she has succeeded in making her personal experiences more global. She is absolutely wonderful as a writer. Many might view it, as I said, as cool on the surface – but there are plenty of things hidden underneath that can make an impact on readers. Maybe that’s what you’re aiming for, too.

The movie “Circumstances” was filmed recently

Through her writing, Annie Ernault has inspired younger French writers such as Didier Eribon and Edward Louis. Her novel “Circumstances” was recently published in Swedish on September 9 this year.

In the story set in 1963, Annie Erno is 23 years old and has no consistent relationship, when she realizes she is pregnant. When she realizes that her pregnancy will classify her family and hinder her study opportunities, she decides to take the baby out.

“Circumstances” also recently became a film directed by Audrey Dewan with Annamaria Vartolomi starring a young Annie Erno. The film won the Golden Lion at Venice 2021.

– I saw the movie and actually didn’t like it very much. But a book is one thing, and a movie is something completely different, says translator Maria Björkman.

Nobel laureates in recent years:

2021 Abdul Razzaq Qurna, Great Britain (born in Zanzibar): “She has relentlessly and with great sympathy shed light on the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the divide between cultures and continents.”

2020 Louise Gluck, USA: “For her unmistakable poetic voice, which makes the individual human existence universal with rigorous beauty.”

2019 Peter Handke, Austria: “For an influential author who explored oceans and tangible human experience with remarkable language skills”

2018 Olga Tokarczuk, Poland: “For a narrative art that depicts crossing borders as a way of life with encyclopedic enthusiasm”

2017 Kazuo Ishiguro, UK (born in Japan): “Who in novels with strong emotional impact has uncovered the abyss beneath our apparent belonging to the world”

2016 Bob Dylan, USA: “Who created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

2015 Svetlana Alekseevich, Belarus: “For her polyphonic work, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”

2014 Patrick Modiano, France: “For the art of memory with which it evokes the most elusive destinies and reveals the life of the years of occupation”

2013 Alice Munro, Canada: “Master of the Contemporary Short Story”

2012 Mo Yan, China: “who combines fairy tale, history and contemporary with the intensity of hallucination”

2011 Tomas Tranströmer, Sweden: “Because it gives us new access to reality in intense, multi-light images”