id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-cbc-ca-4888 Alice Munro is 1st Canadian woman to win Nobel literature prize | CBC News .html text/html 2080 179 74 Alice Munro is 1st Canadian woman to win Nobel literature prize | CBC News If Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro mastered the contemporary short story, what can new writers do with the form? Alice Munro wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since its launch in 1901. Alice Munro wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since its launch in 1901. Reached in British Columbia by CBC News on Thursday morning, Munro said she always viewed her chances of winning the Nobel as "one of those pipe dreams" that "might happen, but it probably wouldn't." I'm happy too that this will bring more attention to Canadian writing.'Alice Munro, Ontario-born Nobel Prize in Literature winner We originally reported that Alice Munro was the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ./cache/www-cbc-ca-4888.html ./txt/www-cbc-ca-4888.txt