Alice Munro

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Born:
July 9, 1931

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Alice Munro was born on July 10, 1931 and raised on a farm outside of Wingham, Ontario. She attended the University of Western Ontario where she studied English and published her first short story in the university’s literary magazine. She married James Munro in 1951 and moved to Victoria, British Columbia where she had three children and co-owned a bookshop with her husband.

Her first book of short stories was published in 1968 and since then she has published fifteen more. Her work frequently appears in magazines including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Paris Review. She divorced in 1972 and moved back to Ontario to take up a post as writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario, a position she later held at the university of British Columbia and at the University of Queensland.

She married Gerald Fremlin in 1976 and moved to his hometown of Clinton, Ontario, not far from Wingham. Gerald died in April, 2013. On December 10, 2013, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Alice has recently announced her retirement from writing and continues to live in Clinton.

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Books by Alice Munro

Alice Munro: Runaway (Hardcover, 2005, Chatto & Windus)

Runaway

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Alice Munro: Too much happiness (2009, Clipper Large Print)

Too much happiness

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Alice Munro: Dear life (2012, McClelland & Stewart)

Dear life

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Alice Munro: The Love of a Good Woman (Hardcover, 1998, Chatto and Windus)

The Love of a Good Woman

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Alice Munro: Friend of My Youth (Paperback, 1998, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited)

Friend of My Youth

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Alice Munro: The View From Castle Rock (Hardcover, 2006, Douglas Gibson Books)

The View From Castle Rock

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