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Annie Ernaux was not favored to win the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize in Literature.

If you’re wondering if people actually place bets on literature prizes, the answer is yes.

Annie Ernaux face at camera

The last French writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature was the novelist Patrick Modiano in 2014.

Ernaux doesn’t shy away from any topic, touching on everything from sexual encounters to abortion.

Abortion is a topic that’s especially important to Ernaux.

Annie Ernaux with hand on face in front of camera

Ernaux shares her ownabortion storythrough multiple books, including her first.

The fictional exploration wasn’t enough.

Ernaux revisited the abortion again in her book, “Happening.”

Annie Ernaux gaze

Shame, though, is something Ernaux has been familiar with her whole life.

Language is a “knife” she uses to “tear apart the veils of imagination.”

They added that, “Her life is our inheritance.”

Annie Ernaux intense stare

Annie Ernaux with hand on her face

Annie Ernaux sitting looking at camera