The panel, which comprised writers Jane Smiley, Amit Chaudhuri and Andrey Kurkov, praised the 77-year-old for the originality and depth of her work.
'Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels,' they said.
'To read Alice Munro is to learn something every time that you never thought of before.'
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Alice Munro wins International Booker Prize
Yay! Canadian writer Alice Munro wins International Booker Prize:
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