Alice Munro
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born
July 10, 1931
gender
female
place of birth
Wingham, Ontario, Canada
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Literature & Fiction
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Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw (born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. Her stories focus on human relationships looked at through the lens of daily life. She has thus been referred to as "the Canadian Chekhov."
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Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro avg rating 3.98 — 2,130 ratings — published 2004 17 editions |
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro avg rating 4.12 — 1,459 ratings — published 2001 21 editions |
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Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro avg rating 4.23 — 696 ratings — published 1994 14 editions |
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Selected Stories by Alice Munro avg rating 4.37 — 538 ratings — published 1996 11 editions |
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The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro avg rating 4.16 — 550 ratings — published 1998 13 editions |
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Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel by Alice Munro avg rating 4.00 — 515 ratings — published 1971 28 editions |
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The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro avg rating 3.68 — 557 ratings — published 2006 14 editions |
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Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro avg rating 4.37 — 291 ratings — published 1990 13 editions |
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The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro avg rating 4.15 — 293 ratings — published 1978 18 editions |
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The Progress of Love by Alice Munro avg rating 4.31 — 265 ratings — published 1986 17 editions |
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"There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with, for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it. I believe this."
— Alice Munro
— Alice Munro
"Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?"
— Alice Munro
— Alice Munro
"People are curious. A few people are. ... They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You see them going around with notebooks, scraping the dirt off gravestones, reading microfilm, just in the hope of seeing this trickle in time, making a connection, rescuing one thing from the rubbish.
(from "Meneseteung")"
— Alice Munro (Friend of My Youth)
(from "Meneseteung")"
— Alice Munro (Friend of My Youth)
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