Ottawa, Ontario - 10 October 2013
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement after learning that Canadian author Alice Munro had won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature:
"On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to congratulate Alice Munro on being the first Canadian woman to receive literature's most prestigious international honour.
"Canadians are enormously proud of this remarkable accomplishment, which is the culmination of a lifetime of brilliant writing.
"Ms. Munro is a giant in Canadian literature and this Nobel Prize further solidifies Canada's place among the ranks of countries with the best writers in the world.
"I am certain that Ms. Munro's tremendous body of work and this premier accomplishment will serve to inspire Canadian writers of all ranks to pursue literary excellence and their passion for the written word."
