'I'm always trying,' she told the Guardian in 2003. Despite her stratospheric success with the short story form, Munro often spoke of her wish to write a novel.

But the problem with this scenario was that if another housewife knocked on the door, Munro couldn't really use 'thinking' as an excuse to shoo the person away.Ĥ. She would think about her stories during her babies' naps before she ever put pen to paper.

She thought she'd write short stories for a while, and found the form captivated her.ģ. Munro turned to short stories when she started writing because, as a housewife with three young daughters, she didn't have the time to devote to a novel. Munro was raised on what she calls a ' collapsing enterprise of a fox and mink farm.'Ģ. She was born Alice Laidlaw on July 10, 1931, in Wingham, Ont. Here are 90 facts about her remarkable life and writing career.ġ. The Canadian writer is revered worldwide as a master of the short story, with 14 acclaimed collections and a Nobel Prize to prove it. Literary legend Alice Munro celebrates her 90th birthday on July 10, 2021.

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