I Will Write to Avenge My People
The Nobel Lecture
$17.84
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2023
Summary
Published for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by the 2022 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Annie Ernaux.
“I will write to avenge my race.”
It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her diary, giving a name to her purpose in life as a writer. She returns to them in her stirring defense of literature and of political writing in her Nobel Lecture, delivered in Stockholm on December 7, 2022.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644213612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1644213613 |
| Author: | Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 51g |
| Dimensions: | 189mm x 126mm x 4mm |
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About The Author
Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux
Winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 2022, Annie Ernaux is considered one of Europe’s most important contemporary writers. She has expanded the very meaning of literature and has asserted her feminism and class consciousness in the stories she tells.
Alison L. Strayer
Alison L. Strayer has been the translator of all of Annie Ernaux’s books since The Years (2017).
Carl-Henrik Heldin
Carl-Henrik Heldin is a molecular biologist and medical researcher. He currently serves as Chairman of the board of the Nobel Foundation.
Anders Olsson
Anders Olsson is a literary historian, writer, and professor of literature. He is the current Chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature.
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