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| Alice Munro by photo Ian Willms for The New York Times |
The Canadian author Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature. Making the announcement, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, called her a "master of the contemporary short story". The 82-year-old, whose books include Dear Life and Dance of the Happy Shades, is only the 13th woman to win the prize since its inception in 1901. "I knew I was in the running, yes, but I never thought I would win," Munro told Canadian media. (via BBC News Entertainment & Arts)
A escritora canadense Alice Munro, é a vencedora do Prêmio Nobel de Literatura 2013. Anunciando a ganhadora, Peter Engkund ressaltou que ela é uma das mais importantes contistas da língua inglesa contemporânea. A autora de 82 anos escreveu livros como O Amor de uma Boa Mulher, Felicidade Demais e Fugitiva.
You can read the story "Free Radicals" from the book "To much happiness: stories", fully published on the "The New Yorker".
Você pode ler o conto "O Amor de uma Boa Mulher", disponibilizado pela revista Veja, Editora Abril.
More about Alice Munro on post I did this year in June 6.
Mais sobre Alice Munro no post que fiz este ano em 6 de junho.
It is nice to see the short story being given the place that it deserves in art and literature.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link!
ReplyDeleteI have not read any of her work, but I've bookmarked that link for when I've finished my current book (The Count of Monte Cristo).
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see her win this! She's a wonderful writer.
ReplyDeleteTHIS is Really WONDERFUL!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sonia. On the reading list.
ReplyDeleteParabéns a Alice Munro. Um prémio bem merecido!
ReplyDeleteObrigada pela partilha.
Um beijinho
Thanks for the nice information, Sonia!
ReplyDeleteA few years ago my husband and I saw "Away From Her" which was an excellent movie and learned just recently that it was adapted from Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" that I have been still unable to find in any of her anthologies that I've checked. She is a powerful and unusual writer.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sonia, for stopping by several of our blogs and for your kind comments.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a beautiful blog here...I especially like the photos from Friday, the 11th of Oct. Looks like such a nice place to swim or picnic I can't help but wonder where are all the people?
Oh yay! I will read this now
ReplyDeleteOn my reading list, too, Sonia. Something to be said for a Nobel Prize winner who's happy to be photographed in her kitchen, rather than all fancied up.
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