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Alice Munro


Born
in Wingham, Ontario, Canada
July 10, 1931

Died
May 13, 2024

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Collections of short stories of noted Canadian writer Alice Munro of life in rural Ontario include Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) and Moons of Jupiter (1982); for these and vivid novels, she won the Nobel Prize of 2013 for literature.

People widely consider her premier fiction of the world. Munro thrice received governor general's award. She focuses on human relationships through the lens of daily life. People thus refer to this "the Canadian Chekhov."

(Arabic: أليس مونرو)
(Persian: آلیس مانرو)
(Russian Cyrillic: Элис Манро)
(Ukrainian Cyrillic: Еліс Манро)
(Bulgarian Cyrillic: Алис Мънро)
(Slovak: Alice Munroová)
(Serbian: Alis Manro)
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Average rating: 3.91 · 219,856 ratings · 23,432 reviews · 239 distinct worksSimilar authors
Dear Life

3.74 avg rating — 40,153 ratings — published 2011 — 139 editions
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Runaway: Stories

3.97 avg rating — 27,798 ratings — published 2004 — 135 editions
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Too Much Happiness: Stories

3.83 avg rating — 24,899 ratings — published 2009 — 128 editions
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Hateship, Friendship, Court...

4.02 avg rating — 22,962 ratings — published 2001 — 137 editions
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Lives of Girls and Women

3.94 avg rating — 15,959 ratings — published 1971 — 103 editions
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The Love of a Good Woman

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,667 ratings — published 1998 — 89 editions
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Selected Stories

4.26 avg rating — 7,217 ratings — published 1985 — 33 editions
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The Beggar Maid: Stories of...

3.90 avg rating — 7,319 ratings — published 1978 — 95 editions
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Open Secrets

4.02 avg rating — 6,621 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions
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Friend of My Youth

4.05 avg rating — 5,376 ratings — published 1987 — 84 editions
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Quotes by Alice Munro  (?)
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“The constant happiness is curiosity.”
Alice Munro

“The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.”
Alice Munro, Runaway: Stories

“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

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