French Author Annie Ernaux Wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

French author Annie Ernaux, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature 2022 poses for a photograph. Francesca Mantovani-editions Gallimard/Handout via Reuters

STOCKHOLM—French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “the courage and clinical acuity” in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.

In explaining its choice, the Swedish Academy said Ernaux, 82, “consistently and from different angles, examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language, and class.”