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October 11, 2013

Alice Munro Wins Nobel Literature Prize 
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The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Canadian
short-story writer Alice Munro. Munro, who is 82, has written 14 story
collections. She is the first Canadian woman — and the 13th woman
from any country — to win the literature prize.

 

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