Annie Ernaux
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Annie Ernaux receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux after receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2022.
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Laureates Svante Pääbo, Annie Ernaux and Ben Bernanke at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 2022.
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The 2022 laureates assembled on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2022. Front row from left: Physics laureates Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, chemistry laureates Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, medicine laureate Svante Pääbo, literature laureate Annie Ernaux, laureates in economic sciences Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig.
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Laureates Morten Meldal and Annie Ernaux at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux delivering her speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux visits the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2022 and signs the guest book.
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Annie Ernaux showing her Nobel Prize diploma during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux visiting school children in Rinkeby and Tensta on 12 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux delivering her Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2022.
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French laureates Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 and Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, met at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux at the Swedish Academy.
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Like many laureates before her, Annie Ernaux signed a chair at the Nobel Prize laureates' Get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2022.
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Literature laureate Annie Ernaux presenting her gift to the Nobel Prize Museum's collection: an alarm clock, during the 2022 Nobel Prize laureates' Get together on 6 December 2022.
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Annie Ernaux taking a look at the exhibition in the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2022.
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Portrait of Annie Ernaux.
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Annie Ernaux
Credit: Annie Ernaux/ Photo: Catherine Hélie, Gallimard.
Annie Ernaux signing books
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Annie Ernaux
Credit: Annie Ernaux/ Photo: Catherine Hélie, Gallimard.
Annie Ernaux taking a look at the exhibition in the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2022.
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Book tips
Nobel Prize in Literature 2022
Curious about 2022 literature laureate Annie Ernaux but can’t decide which of her books to start with? Here three members of the Swedish Academy give their recommendations.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.