Alice Munro Won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday, making her the first Canadian writer to take the award.
For more than forty years, Alice Munro's reputation has steadily grown
to a point where she is today recognized as one of the finest living
short story writers - and now a Nobel Prize winner! She is often compared to
Chekhov for her fastidiously structured plots and psychological
complexity, she has won the admiration of writers and readers around
the world. From her early success with Dance of the Happy Shades
to her most recent collections, Munro has steadily proven that short
stories can be just as intricate, moving, and formidable as the best
novels. 
