The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story".
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106 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded
1901-2013.
13 women have been awarded the Literature Prize so
far.
4 Literature Prizes have been divided between two
persons.
The youngest Literature
Laureate ever, Rudyard Kipling, was 42 years, best known for The Jungle Book .
The oldest Literature
Laureate ever was Doris Lessing, when she was awarded the Prize in
2007. She was 42 yearsby then.
