I am beginning to reach the age when I say hello to the old… - Annie Ernaux

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I am beginning to reach the age when I say hello to the old women I meet in my neighborhood, anticipating the moment in life when I shall be one of them. When I was twenty I didn't notice them; they would be dead before my face had wrinkles.

Annie Ernaux

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Annie Ernaux (birth name Annie Duchesne; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer and professor of literature. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Alternative Names: Annie Duchesne

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