1974-2024 : Annie Ernaux’s Years. A Global Perspective

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Description

Fifty years after the publication of Les Armoires vides (Cleaned Out) in 1974, her debut autobiographical novel partly based on her back-alley abortion in the 1960s, this conference aims to interrogate the universal dimension of Annie Ernaux’s books and locate them in an international context, assessing the significance of her writings beyond the French-speaking world.
As more translations of her books become available, this event will seek to broaden the scope of academic criticism on her works and shed light on her links with past and contemporary world literature, by examining her influences and legacy as a writer and public intellectual figure.
Although the scholarship on Annie Ernaux emerged in the English-speaking world in the 1980s, this event will be the first international, solely English-speaking conference focusing on her work.
We are particularly pleased to host this event in Scotland where Ernaux’s talks in August 2019 as part of the International Book Festival attracted a very large audience, both in French and in English, which was a testimony to the reach and relevance of her works. The conference will take place in the historic locations of Edinburgh and St Andrews across three days, with an opening evening at the French Institute in Edinburgh.
Period3 Oct 2024 → 5 Oct 2024
Event typeConference
LocationEdinburgh, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Annie Ernaux
  • Life Writing
  • Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Contemporary French literature

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