Annie Ernaux, born Annie Thérèse Blanche Duchesne, is a distinguished French writer and professor of literature whose works resonate with courage and clinical acuity. Her predominantly autobiographical literary work deftly intertwines with the fields of sociology, history, and literature, offering a profound exploration of personal memory within the context of societal constraints.

Throughout her illustrious career, Ernaux has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. This accolade was bestowed upon her "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory."

Ernaux's oeuvre includes over twenty works of fiction and memoir, marking her as one of France's most significant contemporary writers. Notable among her accolades are the Prix Renaudot for A Man's Place and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her cumulative works. Her book The Years earned her the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, also garnering a shortlist position for the Man Booker International Prize in 2019. Ernaux's influential titles include Exteriors, A Girl's Story, A Woman's Story, The Possession, Simple Passion, Happening, I Remain in Darkness, Shame, A Frozen Woman, and A Man's Place.