- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlice Ann Laidlaw
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Alice Munro was born on July 10, 1931 in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. She was a writer, known for Julieta (2016), Away from Her (2006) and Runaway. She was married to Gerald Fremlin and James Munro (I). She died on May 13, 2024 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.
- SpousesGerald Fremlin(1976 - May 13, 2024) (her death)James Munro (I)(1951 - 1972) (divorced, 4 children)
- Won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- She started writing as a stay-at-home mother with three young daughters. She didn't have the uninterrupted time to devote to a novel, so she wrote short stories.
- Her literary inspirations include Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Carson McCullers, and Anton Chekhov.
- She was the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
- Co-founder with James Munro of Munro's Books in Victoria, B.C.
- [on learning she had been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature] I am dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way this morning. When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are are read, admired and respected around the globe. I'm so thrilled to be this year's recipient [and] hope this brings further recognition to the short story form.
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