Ernaux, Annie (1940–)
Ernaux, Annie (1940–)
French novelist. Born Sept 1, 1940, in Normandy, France; dau. of a café owner.
Works, which are largely autobiographical, include Les Armoires vides (The Empty Cupboards, 1974, trans. as Cleaned Out, 1990), La femme gelée (1981, trans. as A Frozen Woman, 1995), La Place (The Square, 1983, a memoir about her father that won the Prix Renaudot, which was trans. by Tanya Leslie as A Man's Place, 1984), Une Femme (A Woman's Story, 1987), a memoir about her mother which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Passion Simple (1991, trans. by Leslie as Simple Passion), Journal du dehors (1993), La honte (1996, trans. as Shame, 1998), Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit (1997, trans. as "I Remain in Darkness," 1999), L'événement (2000, trans. as Happening, 2001), La vie extérieure (2000) and the journal, Se perdre (2001).