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New York: New York celebrated Monday evening the French novelist Anne Ernault, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature last week.
Literary creativity has been the subject of an hour-long discussion between the American novelist Kate Zamperino and the French feminist and left-leaning writer, “discovering the roots, distance, and collective limitations of personal memory” in her mostly autobiographical works.
French novelist Anne Ernault, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature last week
warm applause
Ernault was met with standing applause from at least 300 people, most of them women, during the conference that was held in “Villa Albertine” in New York, which includes the cultural services of the French Embassy in the United States, including a library.
“Literature has been a staple for me since my childhood (…) and I know that reading and books are part of my life. Through books first, I dreamed of my life,” said 82-year-old Annie Ernault, in a speech in French and translated into English.
New York newspapers and elite magazines such as “The New York Times” and “The New Yorker” devoted extensive coverage since Thursday to Erno’s famous achievement, which is a subject of study in American intellectual and academic circles.
French society transformations
Ernault’s works provided an accurate portrayal of the writer’s feelings, whose development coincided with the transformations of French society since the period following the Second World War. In regarding 20 stories, the writer deals with the impact of class domination and love, which are of course themes of her life path as a woman who suffered the consequences of her popular origins.
This week, Erno continues her visit to New York, which is considered one of the most prominent cultural and economic among American cities, and on Monday evening, she will participate with her son David Erno Brio in the screening of their family documentary film “The Super-8 Years”, which is being held within the 60th New York Film Festival.
On Wednesday, she will have a stop at Barnard College of the Arts, for women, at Columbia University in New York.
