French author Ernaux wins Nobel Literature Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 has been 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 reports on its website.

Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the winner at 1 pm on October 6 in Stockholm.

Some 115 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded since 1901. Four literature prizes have been shared between two persons. Seventeen women have been awarded the literature prize so far. 41 years was the age of the youngest literature laureate ever, Rudyard Kipling, best known for The Jungle Book. 88 years was the age of the oldest literature laureate ever, Doris Lessing when she was awarded the prize in 2007.