2013 Nobel Prize in Literature

2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
Alice Munro
"master of the contemporary short story."
Date
  • 10 October 2013 (2013-10-10) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2013
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Canadian writer Alice Munro (1931–2024) as "master of the contemporary short story."[1] She was the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the prize.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ Saul Bellow, the 1976 laureate, was born in Canada, but he moved to the United States at age nine and became a US citizen at twenty-six.
  3. ^ Alice Munro britannica.com
  4. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 – Press Release" (PDF). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. ^ Charlotte Higgins (10 October 2013). "Alice Munro wins Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2021.