Annie Ernaux and Us

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Description

Event to celebrate the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded in October 2022 to the acclaimed French writer Annie Ernaux, “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”.

This event will emphasise the universal dimension of Ernaux’s work started in the 1970s and focus on the reader’s experience. Book excerpts will be read to the audience, and a discussion will examine some of the key themes in Ernaux’s work, at the crossroad between literature, sociology, history, politics and feminism. Attendants will comment on the significance of her texts in their lives.

Participants: Fabien Arribert-Narce (Edinburgh), Tamzin Elliott (Edinburgh), Catherine Guiat (IFE), Elise Hugueny-Léger (St-Andrews), Caroline Verdier (Strathclyde), Ed Welch (Aberdeen)
Period26 Jan 2023
Event titleAnnie Ernaux and Us
Event typeOther
LocationEdinburgh, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Annie Ernaux
  • Nobel Prize in Literature
  • nobel prize
  • Women's writing
  • French literature
  • autofiction

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