The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013
Awarded on: 2013-10-10
"master of the contemporary short story"
Alice Munro
Born: 1931-07-10 in Wingham, Canada
Gender: female
Field: Canadian short story writer (1931–2024)
Biography
Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.