literature nobel prize

Nobelprize.org, Official web site of the Nobel Prize

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. Ms. Munro, 82, is the 13th woman to win the prize.

Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded for Outstanding contributions in literature Country Sweden Presented by Swedish Academy First awarded 1901 Official website nobelprize.org Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature ( Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning).