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2013 Nobel Prize in Literature

2013 Nobel Prize in Literature to Alice Munro
Canadian author Alice Munro (born 1931) is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. Munro’s writing has established her as one of the greatest contemporary writers of fiction, and many liken her to Chekhov. Making the announcement, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, called Munro a "master of the contemporary short story". Her books include “Dear Life” and “Dance of the Happy Shades”. Presented by the Nobel Foundation, the award - only for living writers - is worth eight million SEK ($1.2 million).

Canadian author Alice Munro, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Munro was born in 1931 in Ontario, Canada, and her stories are often set in Huron County in Ontario. Her strong regional focus is one of the features of her fiction. Another is the omniscient narrator who serves to make sense of the world. Many compare Munro's small-town settings to writers of the U.S. rural South. Her female characters, though, are more complex. Much of Munro's work exemplifies the literary genre known as Southern Ontario Gothic.

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