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Detailed explanation-1: -Annie Ernaux delivered her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2022 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. She was introduced by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Honoured by the Swedish Academy for “the courage and clinical acuity” of her work, Ernaux is just the 17th woman awarded the Nobel literature prize since it was first handed out in 1901, and the first French woman.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 was awarded to Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.”