Who Will Win a Nobel Prize?

The Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro, who the Nobel committee called a "master of the contemporary short story." Last year, Slate book editor Dan Kois picked her for a prize and said her "work has evolved and grown in fascinating, boundary-shattering ways." The original Oct. 3, 2012, story about our Nobel predictions is below. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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