 "Annie Ernaux, Nobel Price for Literature")
In Ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honour – both in athletic competitions and in poetic meets.
Since 1901, the Swedish Academy honours an author with Nobel Prize in Literature from any country who has, in the words of the will of industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction".
Since 1901, the Swedish Academy honours an author with Nobel Prize in Literature from any country who has, in the words of the will of industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction".
This year, the prize was awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory".
Her work combines historic
