Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in literature for her 'uncompromising' work on family, class and gender

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Writer Annie Ernaux (Photo by Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Nobel Prize in literature, organizers announced in Stockholm on Thursday.

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Ernaux, 82, has written a number of celebrated novels, many of which are autobiographical

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Her first book, "Les armoires vides," was published in French in 1974, and in English as "Cleaned Out" in 1990. Her fourth work, "La place" (1983) or "A Man's Place" (1992), elevated her to prominence.

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Ernaux's work is closely inspired by her own life, and contemplates family, class, politics and gender.

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Her novel "Happening" details her experience of getting a dangerous backstreet abortion in 1963, when the procedure was illegal in France.

FRANCE - JANUARY: French author Annie Ernaux at home, January 1988. (Photo by Louis MONIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ernaux was born in a rural village in Normandy, northern France, in 1940

FRANCE - JUNE: French author Annie Ernaux at home, June 1992. (Photo by Louis MONIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Her upbringing features heavily in her novels, as well as her experiences navigating adolescence and adulthood.

Portrait de l'écrivain Annie Ernaux en janvier 2001 à Paris, France. (Photo by Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ernaux's victory shines a light on her writing about abortion, months after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Portrait de l'écrivaine française Annie Ernaux le 22 février 2001 à Nantes, France. (Photo by Alain LE BOT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The Nobels have been awarded throughout the week, with the scientific prizes announced from Monday to Wednesday. On Friday, the winner of the Peace Prize will be unveiled.