When Peter englen, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, officially announced Alice Monroe as the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, it was 13:00 Stockholm time on October 10, 2013. After the official telephone interview, the results of the Nobel Prize winners will be published in accordance with the past practice. With excitement, the reporter Adam Smith went to the special Liaison Department of the Award Committee and asked for Alice Monroe's contact number to interview the talented short story master at the first time. However, Orlov, the head of the liaison department, rejected Adam Smith's request. He said, "sorry, you can't disturb her at this moment." "Why?" Adam Smith was a little worried and asked loudly, "I have this right. According to the regulations, I must complete the interview at the first time. Don't you know that?" Olov patted him gently on the shoulder and said, "don't worry, young man. I'm also implementing the decision of the Award Committee." With that, he handed Adam Smith a short notice. It turned out that there was a big time difference between Vancouver, Canada, where the winner Alice Monroe lived, and Stockholm. When people in Stockholm were active in the sun, people in Vancouver were still asleep. Considering that Alice Monroe was 82 years old and suffering from a variety of diseases, the Publicity Department of the award committee thought that the elderly's sleep should not be disturbed rashly at night, so it decided to postpone the routine telephone interview. Adam Smith apologized to Olov when he learned what had happened. He said, "you're right. I really should wait patiently." In fact, by the time the prize was announced, Alice Monroe, an 82 year old with cancer, had indeed fallen asleep, and her daughter Jenny, who took care of her daily life, had also gone to bed. More than ten hours later, Adam Smith called the old man and successfully completed a short interview. The old man smiled happily on the phone. The practice of the Award Committee is undoubtedly correct. If Adam Smith really calls at the first time, although the report is good news, it is also a huge stimulus. For an elderly man suffering from a variety of diseases, it will be difficult to predict the consequences of being strongly disturbed in the middle of the night. The Award Committee put itself in the position of the particularity of the winners and flexibly changed the "death rule", which reflects a kind of valuable humanistic care. It is a basic principle not to disturb people at untimely times.

When Peter englen, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, officially announced Alice Monroe as the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, it was 13:00 Stockholm time on October 10, 2013. After the official telephone interview, the results of the Nobel Prize winners will be published in accordance with the past practice. With excitement, the reporter Adam Smith went to the special Liaison Department of the Award Committee and asked for Alice Monroe's contact number to interview the talented short story master at the first time. However, Orlov, the head of the liaison department, rejected Adam Smith's request. He said, "sorry, you can't disturb her at this moment." "Why?" Adam Smith was a little worried and asked loudly, "I have this right. According to the regulations, I must complete the interview at the first time. Don't you know that?" Olov patted him gently on the shoulder and said, "don't worry, young man. I'm also implementing the decision of the Award Committee." With that, he handed Adam Smith a short notice. It turned out that there was a big time difference between Vancouver, Canada, where the winner Alice Monroe lived, and Stockholm. When people in Stockholm were active in the sun, people in Vancouver were still asleep. Considering that Alice Monroe was 82 years old and suffering from a variety of diseases, the Publicity Department of the award committee thought that the elderly's sleep should not be disturbed rashly at night, so it decided to postpone the routine telephone interview. Adam Smith apologized to Olov when he learned what had happened. He said, "you're right. I really should wait patiently." In fact, by the time the prize was announced, Alice Monroe, an 82 year old with cancer, had indeed fallen asleep, and her daughter Jenny, who took care of her daily life, had also gone to bed. More than ten hours later, Adam Smith called the old man and successfully completed a short interview. The old man smiled happily on the phone. The practice of the Award Committee is undoubtedly correct. If Adam Smith really calls at the first time, although the report is good news, it is also a huge stimulus. For an elderly man suffering from a variety of diseases, it will be difficult to predict the consequences of being strongly disturbed in the middle of the night. The Award Committee put itself in the position of the particularity of the winners and flexibly changed the "death rule", which reflects a kind of valuable humanistic care. It is a basic principle not to disturb people at untimely times.