Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux (born in Lillebonne, Seine-Maritime on 1 September 1940) is a French writer.[1]
She won the Prix Renaudot in 1984[2] for her book La Place, an autobiographical narrative focusing on her relationship with her father and her experiences growing up in a small town in France, and her subsequent process of moving into adulthood and away from her parents' place of origin.[3][4]
As a child, Annie Ernaux lived in Yvetot in Normandy.[5] Very early in her career, she turned away from fiction to concentrate on autobiography.[6] Her work combines historic and individual experiences. She charts her parents' social progression (La place, La honte), her adolescence (Ce qu’ils disent ou rien), her marriage (La femme gelée), her abortion (L’événement), Alzheimer's disease (Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit), the death of her mother (Une femme) and breast cancer (L’usage de la photo).[5] Ernaux also wrote L'écriture comme un couteau (which should be understood as Writing as sharp as a knife) with Frédéric-Yves Jeannet.[5]
Her latest novel Les années (Gallimard, 2008) is considered her 'magnum opus' and was very well received by the French critics.[7] In this latter book Ernaux writes of herself in third person point of view (elle) for the first time. She gives a vivid look at French society from after Second World War until today. [8] It is the poignant social history of a woman and of the society she lived in. The female character in the book has looked death in the eye; she describes what she realizes will soon be disappearing and how relative that all is, if she should disappear too.
Many of her works have been translated into English and published by Seven Stories Press.
[edit] Bibliography
- Les Armoires vides, Paris, Gallimard, 1974; Gallimard, 1984, ISBN 9782070376001
- Cleaned out. Translator Carol Sanders. Dalkey Archive Press. 1996. ISBN 9781564781390. http://books.google.com/books?id=T98HrmNAinMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Annie+Ernaux%22&hl=en&ei=04QGTt2bD6On0AHJoPn9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Ce qu’ils disent ou rien, Paris, Gallimard, 1977; French & European Publications, Incorporated, 1989, ISBN 9780785926559
- La Femme gelée, Paris, Gallimard, 1981; French & European Publications, Incorporated, 1987, ISBN 9780785925354
- A frozen woman, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995, ISBN 9781568580296
- La Place, Paris, Gallimard, 1984; Distribooks Inc, 1992, ISBN 9782070377220
- La Place. Psychology Press. 1990. ISBN 9780415059268. http://books.google.com/books?id=k_3i8zrpcC4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Annie+Ernaux&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=cIQGTsW5IKHY0QGauJm-Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- A man's place. Seven Stories Press. 1992. ISBN 9780941423755. http://books.google.com/books?id=6HD8If3kJuYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Annie+Ernaux%22&hl=en&ei=04QGTt2bD6On0AHJoPn9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Une Femme, Paris, Gallimard, 1989
- Passion simple, Paris, Gallimard, 1991; Gallimard, 1993, ISBN 9782070388400
- Journal du dehors, Paris, Gallimard, 1993
- Exteriors. Translator Tanya Leslie. Seven Stories Press. 1996. ISBN 9781888363319. http://books.google.com/books?id=80F5fahakqoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Annie+Ernaux%22&hl=en&ei=PIgGTpeuKsb20gHZz_C5Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- La Honte, Paris, Gallimard, 1997[9]
- Shame, Translator Tanya Leslie, Seven Stories Press, 1998, ISBN 9781888363692
- Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit, Paris, Gallimard, 1997
- La Vie extérieure : 1993-1999, Paris, Gallimard, 2000
- L’Événement, Paris, Gallimard, 2000, ISBN 9782070758012
- Happening. Translator Tanya Leslie. Seven Stories Press. 2001. ISBN 9781583222560. http://books.google.com/books?id=tLpa1yaw7icC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Annie+Ernaux%22&hl=en&ei=04QGTt2bD6On0AHJoPn9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Se perdre, Paris, Gallimard, 2001
- L’Occupation, Paris, Gallimard, 2002
- The Possession. Translator Anna Moschovakis. Seven Stories Press. 2008. ISBN 9781583228555. http://books.google.com/books?id=OoCkyIlYx1sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Annie+Ernaux%22&hl=en&ei=04QGTt2bD6On0AHJoPn9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- L’Usage de la photo, with Marc Marie, Paris, Gallimard, 2005
- Les Années, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, ISBN 9782070779222 [10]
- L'Autre fille, Paris, Nil, 2011 ISBN 978-2-84111-539-6
- L'Atelier noir, Paris, éd. des Busclats, 2011
- Écrire la vie, Paris, Gallimard, 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ "Annie Ernaux" (in French). EVENE. http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/annie-ernaux-4289.php. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Renaudot" (in French). Prix-litteraires.net. http://www.prix-litteraires.net/renaudot_liste.php. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Ferniot, Christine (2005-11-01). "1983 : La place par Annie Ernaux" (in French). L'EXPRESS. http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/1983-la-place-par-annie-ernaux_810659.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Schwartz, Christine (1992-05-24). "The Prodigal Daughter". Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.): p. 35. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77542800.html?dids=77542800:77542800&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+24%2C+1992&author=BY+CHRISTINE+SCHWARTZ.+Christine+Schwartz+writes&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=The+Prodigal+Daughter&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-10-31. (Paywall))
- ^ a b c "People / Personnalités / Annie Ernaux" (in French). Elle. 2009-05-06. http://www.elle.fr/elle/Personnalites/Annie-Ernaux. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ "Annie Ernaux. Les Années" (in French). Le Télégramme. 2009-05-03. http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/dossiers/prix-des-lecteurs/annie-ernaux-les-annees-03-05-2009-275493.php. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Peras, Delphine (2010-02-11). "Les Années par Annie Ernaux" (in French). L'EXPRESS. http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/les-annees_848105.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Laurin, Danielle (2008-04-03). "Autobiographie : Les années: le livre d'une vie" (in French). Radio-Canada. http://www.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/livres/2008/04/03/001-annie-ernaux-critique.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Tison, Jean-Pierre (1997-02-01). "Critique: Annie dans l'arrière-boutique" (in French). L'EXPRESS. http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/la-honte-je-ne-suis-pas-sortie-de-ma-nuit_800039.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- ^ Massoutre, Guylaine (2008-04-19). "Littérature française - La chronique douce-amère d'Annie Ernaux" (in French). Le Devoir. http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/185804/litterature-francaise-la-chronique-douce-amere-d-annie-ernaux. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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