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A joint memoir by the Nobel winner and her former lover uses pictures taken during their time together to reflect on the transient nature of passion – and of life

With this award a total of 18 women have been awarded the literature prize so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

Author, known for her acclaimed work The Vegetarian, honoured for her ‘intense prose that confronts historical traumas’

The heady highs and horrible lows, the close finishes, the scandals and the astounding feats of human skill – the Olympics are always a thrilling watch. While this year’s are coming to an end, there is still a lot to see before this Sunday’s closing ceremony, including the first ever…

Eline Arbo’s production of The Years at London’s Almeida Theatre is a rare triumph. First adapted into Dutch and premiered in Amsterdam in 2022, the play breathes theatrical life into the Nobel-winning writer Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece of the same name, delineating a composite portrait of a woman and a culture…

Eline Arbo’s profound but playful adaptation celebrates the multitudes contained within a single life, as big history is embodied by womanhood – including Romola Garai’s shatteringly raw abortion scene

This stage adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel offers much that’s still unusual in theatre

A stage version of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece, in which five women play the author throughout her life, manages the extraordinary feat of intricately telling the story of a whole life in less than two hours

‘The Years’ is based on French author Annie Ernaux’s 2008 autobiography ‘Les Années’

Mainly male audience members had to step out of preview performance of The Years after graphic scene

The British actor talks to Jessie Thompson about performing Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece ‘The Years’ on stage, speaking out about the treatment of women in the industry, and why Britain’s attitude to rape is a disgrace