Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, wins literature’s Nobel Prize, the first fully Canadian identified laureate to receive the award and a rare winner for short stories. The committee lauds her as a precise, humane chronicler of human behavior, with peers praising her prose and narrative craft.
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Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature at 82
Alice Munro, 82, becomes the sole Canadian laureate and the first woman winner since 2009. The 13th female recipient since 1901, she hopes the honor elevates the short story as serious art rather than a mere precursor to novels.
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Peace Prize Buzz Peaks with 259 Nominees for Nobel Prize
Associated Press reports a record 259 candidates including 50 organizations nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Front runners include Malala Yousafzai, the 16 year old Pakistani education advocate, and Dr Denis Mukwege, Congolese surgeon and Panzi Hospital founder now in Europe after an assassination attempt linked attack.
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Egyptian nun Maggie Gobran heads Cairo charity since 1989
Sister Maggie Gobran, an Egyptian computer scientist who left academia to become a Coptic nun, runs Stephen's Children, a Cairo charity aiding the disenfranchised across religious boundaries in the city’s slums.
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