Alice Munro

Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a Canadian short story writer, widely considered one of the greatest short story writers in modern literature.

Awards and honours

Alice Munro is that rare Canadian whose fame abroad matches the admiration she enjoys in Canada. She is the only person to have won the Governor General's Award three times, for Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), Who Do You Think You Are? (1978) and The Progress of Love (1986). She has won the WH Smith Literary Award in the U.K.; the National Book Critics Circle Award in the U.S.; the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction; the Rea Award for the Short Story; the Trillium Book Award and the Libris Award. She has also won the Canada-Australia Literary Prize, the Canadian Booksellers Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize Regional Award for Canada and the Caribbean.

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Governor General's Award - WH Smith Literary Award - National Book Critics Circle Award - Trillium Book Award - Commonwealth Writers Prize

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In 1986 she was awarded the Marian Engel Award for her body of work. In 1993 she was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal.

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1986 - Marian Engel Award - 1993 - Royal Society of Canada - Lorne Pierce Medal

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On November 11, 2004, Munro won the Giller Prize for her short story collection Runaway. It is her second Giller; her first was won in 1998 for The Love of a Good Woman. Runaway was also selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2004 edition of Canada Reads.

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November 11 - 2004 - Giller Prize - 1998 - CBC - Canada Reads

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Munro received the Medal of Honor for Literature from the U.S. National Arts Club in February 2005. The award, given annually for a body of work of literary excellence was presented to Munro was at a ceremony in New York hosted by novelist Russell Banks that included tributes by former winner Margaret Atwood and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/02/03/Arts/munroUSaward050203.html

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National Arts Club - Margaret Atwood - Pulitzer Prize - Michael Cunningham

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