China News Service, Beijing, October 6th (Reporter Ying Ni) On October 6th, Beijing time, the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature was announced.
French writer Annie Ernaux won.
Anne Ernault was born in Lille Beaune-sur-Mer, France in 1940, and spent her childhood in Ivoto, a small town in Normandy.
She first taught in secondary schools, then worked at the French Distance Education Center, and continued to write after her retirement.
Ernault started writing in 1974 and has published about fifteen works so far. His representative works include the autobiographical novels "Location" and "A Woman", as well as "A Long Time", which he has written after more than 20 years of thinking and scrutiny.
Anne Ernault's novels "A Long Time" and "A Woman" have been published in simplified Chinese, and "A Long Time" won the People's Literature Publishing House's 21st Century Best Foreign Novel Award in 2009.
"A Long Time" won the "Duras Literary Award" in France that year.
The book adopts the method of "no one's autobiography", in fact, it reminds others at the same time, reflects the evolution of the times with people's shared experiences, thus arousing strong resonance in people's hearts.
From the big to the international scene, to the small food and clothing, family gatherings, and even personal privacy, they are all concise and vivid.
Reflecting the course of the world through personal experience actually writes the collective memory.
The time span of the novel is 60 years, so readers of all ages can find familiar content and clear memories.
It is reported that the People's Literature Publishing House is already printing "Long Time" for Chinese readers.
(Finish)