Annie Ernaux, French Author of ‘Happening,’ Wins Nobel Prize for Lite

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The autobiography was adapted for the screen in Audrey Hepburn's abortion drama

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A Golden Lion was awarded to Diwan at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.

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Adapted for the screen by Audrey Diwan from Annie Ernaux's autobiography Happening

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Having won the Nobel Prize in Literature for the same abortion drama that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021.

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On Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced the honoree, praising her achievement

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The courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots of personal memory and its collective restraints.

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There is also a book called The Years and another called Getting Lost by her.

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Ernaux was born in 1940 and grew up in the Normandy village of Yvetot.

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Her parents owned a grocery store and café," the Swedish Academy noted.

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