Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Canadian author Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Making the announcement, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, called her a “master of the contemporary short story”.
The 82-year-old, whose books include Dear Life and Dance of the Happy Shades, is only the 13th woman to win the prize since its inception in 1901. (Read Women who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.)
“I knew I was in the running, yes, but I never thought I would win,” Munro told Canadian media.
Presented by the Nobel Foundation, the award – which is presented to a living writer – is worth eight million kronor (£770,000).
Listen to Alice Munro’s short story Axis, read by Lauren Groff for the New Yorker Fiction Podcast.
Congratulations, Alice Munro fans! We know you’re there.
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October 11th, 2013 at 15:36
YES, YES, YES!!!!!
October 11th, 2013 at 17:33
“Alice Munro was always an overrated writer and now that she’s won The Nobel she always will be. The Nobel is a joke and has been for ages…” -@BretEastonEllis #Twitter
Ang taray ni Bret!
October 11th, 2013 at 17:56
Yan ang niche niya ngayon: Panlalait sa mga di naman pumapansin sa kanya (o di makakasagot dahil patay na).
Delikadong manira sa taong may nagawang magaling (Kathryn Bigelow, David Foster Wallace, etc) kung ang pinakamagandang nagawa mo ay Less Than Zero. Mahahalata na inggitero ka lang.
Bitter yata yan kasi di nakuha ng mga mambabasa ang American Psycho. Nakakatawa yon! Pagtawanan niyo naman para di mag-inarte.
Teka, kung joke ang Nobel, bakit niya pinansin?
October 12th, 2013 at 00:11
Kulang sa pansin si Bret Easton Ellis, di naman magaling na manunulat. Kung sana’y mayrron siyang kahit 1/10 ng talino ni Munro, sana’y mayroon siyang akdang mas makabuluhan–at hindi lang “trendy”–kaysa sa “American Psycho.”
October 12th, 2013 at 11:09
Yaaay! Congrats to Alice Munro! The New Yorker has published the second story that appears in her collection, Dear Life. “Amundsen” is about a teacher who works in a sanatorium. She works with kids suffering from tuberculosis and meets the surgeon who heads the institution. The link: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2012/08/27/120827fi_fiction_munro?currentPage=all
I thought Murakami was going to get it the award this year, but with the secrecy and unpredictability of the selection process, it’s really hard to tell. Sana Pinoy naman ang manalo sa mga sumunod na taon.
October 14th, 2013 at 07:44
“Congratulations, Alice Munro fans! We know you’re there.”
Yes :)