Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to French author

STOCKHOLM — This year the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux.

Ernaux, 82, was cited for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory, according to the Nobel committee.

The winner was announced Thursday in Stockholm, Sweden by Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.

A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday with the award for medicine honoring a scientist who unlocked the secrets of Neanderthal DNA.

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Physics Tuesday for showing that tiny particles can retain a connection even when separated.

Three scientists who developed new ways of connecting molecules that could be used to design targeted drugs were awarded the prize for chemistry Wednesday.

They continue with chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award will be announced on October 10.