Alice Munro
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Alice Munro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alice Ann Laidlaw 10 Julie 1931 Wingham, Ontario, Canadae |
| Leid | Inglis |
| Naitionality | Canadian |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Notable awairds |
Govrenor General's Awaird (1968, 1978, 1986) Giller Prize (1998, 2004) Man Booker Internaitional Prize (2009) Nobel Prize in Leeteratur (2013) |
| Spoose |
James Munro (1951–1972) Gerald Fremlin (1976–2013) |
Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw; born 10 Julie 1931) is a Canadian author writin in Inglis. The recipient o the 2013 Nobel Prize in Leeteratur an the 2009 Man Booker Internaitional Prize for her lifetime body o wirk, she is an aa a three-time winner o Canadae's Govrenor General's Awaird for fiction.[2][3][4]
The focus o Munro's fiction is her native Huron Coonty in soothwastren Ontario.[5] Her "accessible, movin stories" explore human complexities in a seeminly effortless style.[6] Munro's writin haes established her as "ane o oor greatest contemporary writers o fiction," or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "oor Chekhov."[7] In 2013, Munro wis awairdit the Nobel Prize in Leeteratur for her wirk as "master o the modren short story".
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ A Conversation with Alice Munro. Bookbrowse. Retrieved on: 2 June 2009.
- ↑ Bosman, Julie (10 October 2013). "Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature". New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 - Press Release" (PDF). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Alice Munro wins Man Booker International prize". The Guardian. 27 May 2009.
- ↑ Marchand, P. (29 August 2009). "Open Book: Philip Marchand on Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro". The National Post. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ↑ Meyer, M. "Alice Munro". Meyer Literature. Archived frae the oreeginal on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.[deid airtin]
- ↑ Merkin, Daphne (24 October 2004). "Northern Exposures". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
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