Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school.
The English edition of A Woman\'s Story was a New York Times Notable Book..
The English edition was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
She won the prestigious Prix Renaudot for A Man\'s Place when it was first published in French in 1984.
Her books, in particular A Man\'s Place and A Woman\'s Story , have become contemporary classics in France.
From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d\'Enseignement par Correspondance.
Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and began teaching high school