Ernaux
The Ethnographer
Years pass. Annie catches them. With simple words. Precise memories. She writes your life too.
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Era
Life and journey
Annie writes with a knife. life as the sole material of her books.
Their thought
Auto-socio-biography. collective memory through personal memories.
What they leave us
Nobel 2022. voice to the invisible. dignity and precision.
Major works
The Years (2008).
A Man's Place (1983).
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9 quotes
“Il n'y a pas que le bonheur qui rend heureux.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“It's not just happiness that makes one happy.”
— Inconnu
“Ecrire, c'est d'abord ne pas être vu.”
Original quote in French
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“Writing is first not being seen.”
— Inconnu
“Désirer savoir est la forme même de la vie et de l'intelligence.”
Original quote in French
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“Desiring knowledge is the very form of life and intelligence.”
— Inconnu
“Écrire, c'est en somme donner de l'avenir au passé.”
Original quote in French
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“Writing is, in summary, giving a future to the past.”
— Inconnu
“Le temps ne nous appartient pas, nous appartenons au temps.”
Original quote in French
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“Time does not belong to us, we belong to time.”
— Les Années
“Chaque mot est un choix politique.”
Original quote in French
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“Every word is a political choice.”
— Inconnu
“Désirer savoir est la forme même de la vie.”
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“To desire to know is the very form of life.”
— Inconnu
“La mémoire est une trahison.”
Original quote in French
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“Memory is a betrayal.”
— Inconnu
“Écrire, c'est peut-être la seule façon de ne pas être assassinée par le temps.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Writing is perhaps the only way not to be murdered by time.”
— Inconnu
