Canadian Munro, Short Story Writer, Wins Nobel Prize

The Canadian writer Alice Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature for short stories “characterized by clarity and psychological realism” which the Swedish Academy likened to the work of Anton Chekhov.

Munro’s stories often follow ordinary Canadians struggling with social pressures and moral conflicts in small towns similar to Wingham in Ontario, where she was born. She is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and has published collections including “Who Do You Think You Are?” in 1978 and last year’s autobiographical “Dear Life,” her most recent.