Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013, announced October 10, 2013. Alice Munro, “master of the contemporary short story”. Alice Munro: born 1931, Wingham, Canada. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).