Canadian Alice Munro awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature

Alice Munro is acclaimed for her finely tuned storytelling, which is characterised by clarity and psychological realism.

Canadian Alice Munro, 82 yrs old, is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature "master of the contemporary story".

Monro beat out front runner Haruki Murakami, this year to become the 13th woman and 110th Nobel Laureate to win to the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Munro had a great run critically and commercially with her first collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) garnering almost universal acclaim and winning her the Governor General's Award, Canada’s highest literary prize.