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Annie Ernaux

Born in 1940, ANNIE ERNAUX grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular A Man’s Place and A Woman’s Story, have become contemporary classics in France. She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place when it was first published in French in 1984. The English edition was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The English edition of A Woman’s Story was a New York Times Notable Book.
Writing, the Other Life
A Conversation
Hotel Casanova
The Other Girl
The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux: The Boxed Set
The Young Man
I Will Write to Avenge My People
Annie Ernaux: The Unboxed Set
Getting Lost
Exteriors
A Girl's Story
Happening
The Years
A Man's Place
The Possession
A Woman's Story
Simple Passion
"I Remain in Darkness"
Shame
A Frozen Woman

Books

Writing, the Other Life
A Conversation
Hotel Casanova
The Other Girl
The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux: The Boxed Set
The Young Man
I Will Write to Avenge My People
Annie Ernaux: The Unboxed Set
Getting Lost
Exteriors
A Girl's Story
Happening
The Years
A Man's Place
The Possession
A Woman's Story
Simple Passion
"I Remain in Darkness"
Shame
A Frozen Woman

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