Alice Munro

Alice Munro
Alice Munro
Born	Alice Ann Laidlaw; 10 Julie 1931 (age 91); 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".

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↑ 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. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Alice Munro wins Man Booker International prize". The Guardian. 27 Mey 2009.
↑ Marchand, P. (29 August 2009). "Open Book: Philip Marchand on Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro". The National Post. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
↑ Meyer, M. "Alice Munro". Meyer Literature. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Merkin, Daphne (24 October 2004). "Northern Exposures". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 Februar 2008.

[1] A Conversation with Alice Munro. Bookbrowse. Retrieved on: 2 June 2009.

[NYT-20131010-2] Bosman, Julie (10 October 2013). "Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature". New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[3] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 - Press Release" (PDF). 10 October 2013. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[4] "Alice Munro wins Man Booker International prize". The Guardian. 27 Mey 2009.

[5] Marchand, P. (29 August 2009). "Open Book: Philip Marchand on Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro". The National Post. Archived frae the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2009.

[6] Meyer, M. "Alice Munro". Meyer Literature. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Merkin, Daphne (24 October 2004). "Northern Exposures". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 Februar 2008.

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