The Nobel Peace Prize for Literature was announced Thursday, October 10, 2013. This is a 1.2 million dollar award that is given annually to an author from any country who has in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced "in
the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction." There are five Nobel Prizes given out in early October each year. The others include Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, and Economics.
This years Nobel Peace Prize for Literature was awarded to Alice Munro. She was given this award for being the "master of the contemporary short story." Munro is 82 years old and lives in Canada. Some of her 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). Her most recent collection is Dear Life.
For more information on Alice Munro visit http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57606843/alice-munro-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature/
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