加拿大作家愛麗絲·門羅獲諾貝爾文學獎

Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In announcing its decision Thursday, the Swedish Academy called the 82-year-old author the "master of the contemporary short story."

Munro began writing in her teens, and published many collections of stories over the decades. She has won numerous literary prizes, including the Governor General's prize, Canada's highest literary honor. The Nobel is likely to be the capstone of her career. She said earlier this year that she was "probably not going to write anymore."

Munro is the 13th woman to win the Literature prize. She said she hoped the award "would make people see the short story as an important art; not just something you played around with until you get a novel written."

The Nobel announcements continue Friday with the Peace Prize.加拿大短篇小說家愛麗絲·門羅（Alice Munro）榮獲2013年諾貝爾文學獎。瑞士諾貝爾獎委員會星期四宣佈這項決定時稱82歲的門羅是“當代短篇小說大師”。

門羅1931年生於安大略省溫格姆鎮，不到20歲即開始寫小說，幾十年來發表了多部小說集，並多次獲獎，其中包括加拿大的最高文學獎“總督獎”。

諾貝爾文學獎很可能是門羅事業的頂點，她今年早些時候表示可能不會再寫作了。

愛麗絲·門羅是獲得諾貝爾文學獎的第13位女性。她說，希望她的獲獎會讓人們看到短篇小說是個重要的藝術，並不是長篇小說創作前的練筆。

諾貝爾獎委員會星期五將公佈今年的諾貝爾和平獎得主。