Alice Munro seen as master of the short story

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Alice Munro seen as master of the short story

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/alice-munro-seen-master-short-story-113152389--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w9IAyrlzvdXrXlwbRIAzHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/df7b8c4d2ad3cb223f0f6a706700b90f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2002 file photo, Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York. Munro has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature it was announced Thursday Oct. 10, 2013. The Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel literature winners, called her a &quot;master of the contemporary short story&quot;. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2002 file photo, Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York. Munro has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature it was announced Thursday Oct. 10, 2013. The Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel literature winners, called her a &quot;master of the contemporary short story&quot;. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)" border="0" /></a>By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian writer Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, is an admitted short-story addict who has garnered international praise for her tales of the struggles, loves and tragedies of women in small-town Canada. She became the second Canadian-born writer to win the prize, although she is the first winner with a distinctly Canadian identity. Saul Bellow, who won the award in 1976, was born in Quebec, but raised in Chicago and is widely considered an American writer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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