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Ernaux’s Literature Nobel no surprise for French Studies professor

Ernaux’s Literature Nobel no surprise for French Studies professor

When Annie Ernaux was announced as the 2022 winner of Nobel Prize in Literature, the 82-year-old French writer from a modest working-class background – the first French woman to win the prize – was reportedly surprised. Karin Schwerdtner was not. A  …