2013 Noble Laureate: Alice Munro

Munro at her home in Clinton, Ontario

Alice Munro's Writing

Many selections from Munro's writing career can be found at The New Yorker. However, these may not be available to the general reading public. You may have better luck getting a selection of her stories here.

The announcement of Munro's 2013 Nobel Prize selection.

Nobel Prize win was ‘totally unexpected,’ Alice Munro says

SANDRA MARTIN

The Globe and Mail

Published Friday, Oct. 11 2013, 9:46 PM EDT

Last updated Friday, Oct. 11 2013, 9:50 PM EDT

Stylish, charming and as sharp as the proverbial tack, Alice Munro sat down on Friday in the lobby of her Victoria hotel with Globe photographer John Lehmann for her first video interview since winning the Nobel Prize for literature the day before. Ms. Munro is the first Canadian citizen and only the 13th woman to win the world’s most prestigious literary prize for lifetime achievement.

Watch a video with Munro talking about winning the Nobel Prize.

Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

By JULIE BOSMAN

The New York Times

Published: October 10, 2013

Alice Munro, the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. 

To read all of The New York Times article go here.

Here are some of the numerous interviews with and articles about Munro on the web:

The New Yorker interview with Munro.

The Paris Review's Art of Fiction interview with Munro.

The New York Times Magazine has a lengthy profile on Munro.

The Atlantic conducted an interview with her.

CNN presented  news of Munro's Nobel win on their website.

NPR reported on Munro's Nobel win, based on earlier interviews.

Munro's home in Ontario, Canada