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Alice Ann Munro (/ m ə n ˈ r oʊ / mən-ROH; née Laidlaw / ˈ l eɪ d l ɔː / LAYD-law; 10 July 1931 – 13 May 2024) was a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.
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Oct 10, 2013 · Alice Munro, the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores the tangled relationships between men and women, small-town existence and the fallibility of memory, won the...
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In October 2013, just after Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature was announced, the New Yorker republished her “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” (1999–2000) as a tribute to one of its own.
Oct 10, 2013 · Canadian author Alice Munro wins the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, making her only the 13th woman to receive the award since its inception in 1901.
The Swedish Academy dubbed her a “master of the contemporary short story” when it awarded her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. Munro’s work is noted for its precise imagery and narrative style, which is at once lyrical, compelling, economical, and intense, revealing the depth and complexities in the emotional lives of everyday people.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story"
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May 13, 2024 · Alice Munro. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013. Born: 10 July 1931, Wingham, Canada. Died: 13 May 2024, Port Hope, Canada. Residence at the time of the award: Canada. Prize motivation: “master of the contemporary short story”. Language: English.
