The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded, and the winner this year is Canadian short-story write Alice Munro. Munro is the 13th woman to win the prestigious award, and the first Canadian to win it. When notified she had won, Munro said:
"I knew I was in the running, yes, but I never thought I would win.
I am amazed and very grateful. I am particularly glad that winning this award will please so many Canadians. I'm happy that this will bring more attention to Canadian writing."
Here is a short biography of Munro by CNN:
Munro, who lives in the southwestern Ontario town of Clinton, was born near there in Wingham, where her father was a fox farmer and her mother was a teacher.
She started writing stories in her teen years and studied journalism and English at the University of Western Ontario.
Munro took a breather from her studies when she got married in 1951. She and her husband moved to Victoria, British Columbia, and opened a bookstore.
She published in various magazines starting in the 1950s. In 1968, she published "Dance of the Happy Shades," a book-length collection of short stories.
Other well-known works include: "Who Do You Think You Are?" (1978), "The Moons of Jupiter" (1982), "Runaway" (2004), "The View from Castle Rock" (2006) and "Too Much Happiness" (2009).
A story in the 2001 collection "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" was the basis of the 2006 film "Away from Her," directed by Sarah Polley.
Munro gained world renown for writing about everyday people.
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