Canadian short story master Alice Munro says she was "so proud" to see her daughter Jenny accept the Nobel Prize on her behalf in Stockholm today.
The 82-year-old literary legend was not well enough to travel to the Swedish capital and watched the proceedings at the home of her daughter Sheila in Victoria.
Jenny Munro received the Nobel Prize for literature at a lavish event attended by Sweden's royal family.
Alice Munro tells The Canadian Press she thought the ceremony was "marvellous" and was surprised by its extravagance.
She says she thinks "any Canadian gets rather surprised at these splendours," but she adds she thinks it "worked."
Munro says she has no regrets about forgoing the trip to Stockholm, adding she hasn't yet decided how she'll celebrate.
