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The Nobel is an institution "for men", according to Annie Ernaux

2022-12-06T16:51:47.514Z


The writer, recently crowned with the Nobel Prize for Literature, denounces the institution's attachment to traditions, a characteristic that she considers masculine.


The Nobel is an institution

"for men",

said Tuesday the French winner of the prestigious literature prize, Annie Ernaux, in an interview with AFP.

“It is manifested by this taste for tradition, in the costumes.

It seems to me that the attachment to traditions is perhaps more masculine, basically, we transmit power like that

, “said the 82-year-old writer who receives her prize in Stockholm on Saturday.

Crowned for

"the courage and clinical acuity"

of her largely autobiographical work, Annie Ernaux is the first French woman to receive the award in literature and the 17th woman to win a Nobel in this category since the foundation of the awards in 1901. “

Speech was still almost always monopolized by men and I noticed that women are often less verbose in their speech than men, knowing full well that they are more practical

,” she noted.

According to the octogenarian,

"it's hard to say but I think so"

, the Nobel must change.

“No desire for distinction”

To dust off the institution,

“can we imagine that there is less pomp, less long dresses and tails?

, suggested Annie Ernaux with a smile, referring to the awards ceremony followed by a gala banquet.

Since her arrival in Stockholm, she has found herself confronted with

"the solemnity, the pomp also of the price"

, becoming aware of

the "scale and the role"

that it implies while she assures having

"really no desire for distinction

.

However, this figure of feminism committed to the left wants to dedicate her prize to

"all those who suffer (...) and to all those who struggle and who are not recognized"

.

The award also reinforced her desire to write.

From now on, she intends

"to continue to write and at the same time (...) to take advantage of [his] old age"

.

"

I think it's an age where you can think about a lot of things and so for me, that also means writing them down of course

," she concluded.

Source: lefigaro

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