Alice Munro

Considered perhaps the greatest living writer of short stories, Alice Munro has published 16collections over her illustrious career. Her work haswon the Nobel Prize for literature, twoScotiabank Giller Prizes, threeGovernor General's Literary Awards and theMan Booker International Prize. Her first book,Dance of the Happy Shades,was released in 1968, and she continued to write stories, often contributing to The New Yorker, until retiring in 2013. In books likeLives of Girls and Women, The Love of a Good WomanandRunaway,Munro captures the inner-lives of men and women in rural Canada. Her work is inspired by her own upbringing in Wingham, Ont.

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Books by Alice Munro

Interviews with Alice Munro

5 coolest things Alice Munro told CBC about her writing

8 years ago

Duration 2:04

Over the years, Alice Munro was interviewed by the CBC many times. Here are some memorable moments.

Writers and Company52:46Alice Munro on Runaway

A rare conversation with Canadas first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this interview from 2004, Eleanor speaks with Munro about her Giller Prize-winning collection of short stories, Runaway.

Writers and Company53:03Alice Munro in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel (2004)

The Canadian short story writer discusses her book Runaway.