Alice Munroe Wins Nobel Prize In Literature for 2013 [VIDEO]; Short Story Author Describes Her Writing Process As She Joins Ranks Of Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and John Steinbeck

Alice Munroe wins Nobel Prize in Literature: Alice Munroe, the Canadian short story writer, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013, becoming the latest in a long line of Nobel Laureates.
Alice Munroe joins an illustrious group of writers - previous Nobel laureates include Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, and Harold Pinter.  Writer Jean Paul Sartre refused the Nobel prize for Literature when it was awarded to him.  
It takes a lot of work and discipline to get to the level of the Nobel Prize in Literature as a writer.  Alice Munroe recently discussed her life and writing habits with the Paris Review, giving us insight into the work of a Nobel Laureate.
Watch a conversation with Alice Munroe, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 Video Here: 
Alice Munroe spoke with the Paris Review about her process of "clumsy writing": I have stacks of notebooks that contain this terribly clumsy writing, which is just getting anything down. I often wonder, when I look at these first drafts, if there was any point in doing this at all. I'm the opposite of a writer with a quick gift, you know, someone who gets it piped in. I don't grasp it very readily at all, the "it" being whatever I'm trying to do. I often get on the wrong track and have to haul myself back."

While Munroe's short stories are known for their personal quality, she says that she's changed her subject matter in later years: "I'm doing less personal writing now than I used to for a very simple obvious reason. You use up your childhood, unless you're able, like William Maxwell, to keep going back and finding wonderful new levels in it. The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home. Maybe it's advisable to move on to writing those stories that are more observation."