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Alice Munro

Biography

Alice Munro

Alice Munro is the author of 13 collections of stories --- including DEAR LIFE, RUNAWAY and TOO MUCH HAPPINESS --- as well as a novel, LIVES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN. Among the many awards and prizes she received are three Governor General’s Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes in Canada; the Rea Award; the Lannan Literary Award; the National Book Critics Circle Award; and the International Booker Prize. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into 13 languages. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. She passed away in 2024 at the age of 92.

Alice Munro