Alice Munro was announced as the winner of the third Man Booker International Prize yesterday 27 May.



The Man Booker International Prize is worth £60,000 to the winner and is awarded once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadaré in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007.



Munro is best known for her short stories and is one of Canada's most celebrated… Continue