In his works, Ernaux has charted, among other things, the social progress of his parents and his passionate interpersonal relationships.
In his works, Ernaux has charted, among other things, his parents’ social progress, his youth, his marriage, his passionate interpersonal relationships, his abortion and his parents’ final stages. Ernaux published his memoirs in 2008, 2021). The work was a critical success and is currently considered his main work.
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The world’s most prestigious literary award does not have a public list of nominees, so the name of the winner is always a surprise.
The winner of the Nobel Prize is selected from the vast literary field of the whole world. The choice is accompanied by tensions both in terms of the internal relations of the Nobel institution and world politics.
Salman Rushdie was left without an award
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded for the first time in 1901. It is intended for a writer who has done a great service to humanity with one or more works. In some years, the prize has not been awarded. The last time this happened was in 2018, when
Dylan did not attend the Nobel party, Sartre did not accept the award
The prize has not been awarded seven times: in 1914, 1918, 1935 and 1940–43. In addition, the prize distribution has been postponed to the following year five times.
The Nobel prize is 10 million Swedish kronor, or about 980,000 euros.