Ill health to keep Munro away from Nobel prize ceremony
19 Oct 2013 5:48 AM IST
‘Her health is simply not good enough,’ Peter Englund wrote on his blog. ‘All parties - including Mrs Munro herself - regret this, but there is no way around this,’ he wrote.
The Swedish Academy could not get hold of Munro before announcing the winner last Friday, but when Englund finally reached her several hours later, she indicated she probably would not be able to go.
‘I’m an old woman, and my health is frail,’ she told Englund according to his blog.
Munro is not the first literature laureate unable to attend the prize ceremony due to health reasons.
The Swedish Academy could not get hold of Munro before announcing the winner last Friday, but when Englund finally reached her several hours later, she indicated she probably would not be able to go.
‘I’m an old woman, and my health is frail,’ she told Englund according to his blog.
Munro is not the first literature laureate unable to attend the prize ceremony due to health reasons.
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