Annie Ernaux, the author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important literary voice of her time. She won the Prix Renaudot for A Man’s Place and the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her body of work. More recently she received the International Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the French-American Translation Prize, and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation for “The Years”, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Recently, two of her books were adapted into award-winning films.