Annie Erno, author of Empty Cabinets, wins the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

announcing Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature today (Thursday), French writer Annie Ernault finds herself at the unique peak of her career with a narrative of simplicity and a celebration of roots.

The announcement of her winning the prestigious award came after a long journey she made with literary writing and short stories that spanned nearly half a century, starting with her first book, “Empty Safes”, published in 1974.

And the Swedish Academy announced, in its reasons for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, for the year 2022, that the French writer Annie Ernault (82 years old), deserved this crown for “showing courage and ingenuity in discovering the roots, distance and collective limitations of personal memory “.

Throughout its history, Erno’s pen has never shied away from expressing the memory of his small town and its simple details, which can be heard in his self-writing works, or what is known as “self-imagination. “, through simple and intimate language. In these works, the writer introduces the reader to her father’s bar and grocery store in Normandy, France, goods that Erno considers a source of inspiration flowing in his life in general and not just in writing. university level, he says: “I am the first to complete university studies in a family made up of workers and small traders”.

In addition to translating the novel “The Event”, Arab readers have more than once known the works of Annie Erno, through the translation of “The Occupation”, “Look at the Lights, My Love”, “The Place”, ” Diaries of a Girl “and” I have not gone out. ” From Lily “and” Simple Passion “

Born in September 1940, in the small town of Yvétotte in Normandy, Annie Ernault studied literature at the University of Bordeaux, France, and readers are introduced to the writer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022, through her novel. Empty Cabinets (1974), the novel written In the language of inspiring autobiography which is still his best known work.

His greatest fame was achieved with his two novels, “The Place”, for which he won the “Ronaudo” literary prize, and “The Years”, which was selected for the International Booker Prize, as well as win the “François-Mauriac” award.

In addition to celebrating Annie Erno, translating her work into many foreign languages, her artistic writing style has been the subject of numerous doctoral theses and dissertations in literature. Annie Ernault’s novel “The Event” was made into a film directed by Lebanese-born French director Audrey Diwan, starring Anna Maria Vartolomi, and the film won the Golden Lion at the Nice Film Festival in 2021. The Arabic translation of this novel has also been published, more than twice, including a translation from Dar Merit, by Hoda Hussein, and from Dar Al-Jamal by Sahar Sayala.

In addition to translating the novel “The Event”, Arab readers have more than once known the works of Annie Erno, through the translation of “The Occupation”, “Look at the Lights, My Love”, “The Place”, ” Memoirs of a Girl “and” I didn’t go out. ” From Lily “and” Simple Passion. “Although it is one of the most popular literary names in Europe, according to a survey conducted by the Nobel Prize website after the award was announced, around 82% of respondents said they had not read his works first.

Translation rates of the winning French writer’s works are expected to increase in the coming period, usually accompanied by a large turnout of readers, amid the widespread curiosity created by an international writer’s Nobel Prize winning.

According to Annie Erno herself, she considers readers to know what some sort of engagement is writing. She said in a previous interview: “If there is liberation through writing, it is not in the writing itself, but in this sharing with unknown people of a common experience. The function of writing or its outcome is not to erase or heal a wound, but to give it meaning and value, and in the end make it unforgettable ”.

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