Alice Munro: The Canadian Chekhov

A look at the achievements of the Nobel Laureate who rejuvenated the short story world

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Early Success

Munro gained recognition when her first collection of stories, ‘Dance of the Happy Shades’ (1968) won the Governor General’s Literary Award

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Coming Into Her Own

The North-American author went on to win the Governor General’s award twice with ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ and ‘The Progress of Love’

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A Trail Of Wins

Her 1998 collection ‘The Love of a Good Woman’ clinched the Giller Prize, an important national award in Canada, and the National Book Critics Circle Award

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Nobility

Munro withdrew ‘Too Much Happiness’ from consideration for Giller in 2009 because she wanted young writers to have a better chance at winning the award

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True Winner

When she won the the Man Booker International Prize in the same year, the judges claimed that her lifelong body of work was ‘practically perfect’

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Touching the Sky

The Canadian short story writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013

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Inspiring

Munro chose short stories cuz managing the children and the house in her early days didn’t leave her with time or energy to write novels

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GemsNY Pays Tribute

There’s so much to learn from the life of this inspiring woman…

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