Alice Munro
Nobel-winning short story author Munro dead at 92
Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, her editor said Tuesday.
Munro set her taut, acutely observed stories in the rural Ontario countryside where she grew up, focusing a stark lens on the frailties of the human condition.
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Swedish Academy receives Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture
Bob Dylan has completed his Nobel course requirements. The Swedish Academy announced on June 5 that it has received the mandatory lecture from the 2016 literature winner, enabling Dylan to collect 8 million Swedish kronor ($922,000) in prize money.
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Bob Dylan finally agrees to accept Nobel Prize for Literature
The American singer was awarded the prize in October but failed to travel to pick up the award, or deliver the lecture that is required to receive the 8m kroner ($900,000;£727,000) prize.
The academy said it would meet Dylan, 75, in private in the Swedish capital, where he is giving two concerts.
He will not lecture in person but is expected to send a taped version.