Ernaux, for example, refuses the autofiction label precisely because she seeks to shift the focus away from the self and toward the collective.

Source: https://flaglerlive.com/185050/autofiction/

Ernaux is writing as both watcher and participant; she has lived on both ends of that divide.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-19/a-nobel-prize-winning-french-author-looks-at-a-shopping-mall-magic-ensues

Rooney, who said she was fascinated by the process of writing, asked how Ernaux worked.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/29/nobel-literature-prize-fell-into-my-life-like-a-bomb-says-annie-ernaux