New York - (AFP) - New York celebrated on Monday evening the French novelist Annie Ernaud , who won the Nobel Prize for Literature last week, as the writer whose books have been translated into English and taught during the past thirty years in the United States, was honored at the French Cultural Center, and accompanied with her son Screening of their family documentary film at Al Madinah Festival.

Literary creativity was the subject of an hour-long discussion between the American novelist Kate Zamperino and the French writer with feminist and leftist orientations, i.e. "discovering the roots, dimension and collective limitations of personal memory" in her works that belong mostly to the category of autobiography.

Ernault was met with standing ovations from at least 300 people, most of them women, during the conference, which was held at the "Villa Albertine" in New York, which includes the cultural services of the French Embassy in the United States, including a library.

"Literature has been my strength since my childhood (...) and I know that reading and books are part of my life. Through books first, I dreamed of my life," said Annie Ernaud, 82, in a speech delivered in French, which was translated into English.

New York newspapers and elite magazines such as "The New York Times" and "The New Yorker" have devoted extensive coverage since Thursday to Ernault's famous achievement, which is a subject of study in American intellectual and academic circles.

Ernaud's works formed an accurate picture of the writer's feelings, whose development coincided with the transformations of French society since the post-World War II period. In about 20 stories, the writer deals with the impact of class domination and love, which are two themes of course, the course of her life as a woman who suffered the consequences of her popular origins.
This week, Arnault continues her visit to New York, which is considered one of the most prominent cultural and economical cities in America. On Monday evening, she will participate with her son, David Arnault Breu, in the screening of their family documentary, The Super-8 Years, at the 60th New York Film Festival.
On Wednesday, it will have a stop at the Barnard College College of Arts, which is for women, at Columbia University in New York.