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Annie Ernaux: books and prizes

Annie Ernaux is a French writer whose books examine a life shaped by disparities in gender, language and class. Most of her books were first published by Gallimard, beginning with Les Armoires vides in 1974. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1974Cleaned Out^2,4Les Armoires videsnovel
2. 1977Do What They Say or Else^2,4Ce qu'ils disent ou riennovel
3. 1981A Frozen Woman^2,4La Femme geléenovel
4. 1983A Man's Place^2,1,4,3La Placememoir
5. 1987A Woman's Story^2,1,4Une femmememoir
6. 1991Simple Passion^2,4Passion simplememoir
7. 1993Exteriors^2,4Journal du dehorsmemoir
8. 1996Shame^2,4La Hontememoir
9. 1996I Remain in Darkness^2,4Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuitmemoir
10. 2000Happening^2,4L'Événementmemoir
11. 2001Getting Lost^2,4Se perdrememoir
12. 2002The Possession^2,4L'Occupationmemoir
13. 2008The Years^2,1,4Les Annéesmemoir
14. 2016A Girl's Story^2,4Mémoire de fillememoir
15. 2022The Young Man²Le Jeune Hommememoir

Prizes

1. 1984Prix Renaudot³For A Man's Place (La Place)
2. 2022Nobel Prize in Literature^1,2For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Annie Ernaux, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Annie Ernaux, prix Nobel de littérature 2022, bibliographie sélective (November 2022)
3. Institut national de l'audiovisuel, Annie Ernaux receives the Renaudot award, INA archive clip (12 November 1984)
4. Nobel Prize Outreach, Annie Ernaux, Bio-bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 (accessed 2026-10-28)