Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of July 10th
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It is the 191st day of the year, leaving 174 days remaining in 2022.
She primarily told short stories, blazing new ground with the form, writing about complex human lives and emotions in a precise, compact style. Her work was considered so extraordinary that her Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013 dubbed her "the master of the contemporary short story."
Munro published her first story, The Dimensions of a Shadow, in 1950, while an English and journalism major at University of Western Ontario. But it wasn't until 19 years later -- after marriage, two moves to Vancouver and Victoria, and four children, that her first collection was published in 1969.
Dance of the Happy Shades was a success, wining the Governor General's Literary Award. She followed that up with her first and only novel, Lies of Girls and Women. It was also a success, and won the Canadian Booksellers Association Book Award.
But after divorce, a second marriage, and a return to Ontario, Munro concentrated on short fiction. She wrote about the social and cultural live in and around southwestern Ontario, where she was born and raised. She wrote about the intimacy and tension of the ordinary men and women of the area.
Her stories have appeared in magazines in Canada, the United States, and France. She spent three years travelling the world, and simultaneously held positions of writer-in-residence at the University of British Columbia and the University of Queensland in Australia.
In addition to the Nobel, Munro has won numerous awards for her story collections, including Canada's Giller Award (twice), the Governor General's Award (three times) and the Man Booker International Award in 2009.
She lives in Clinton, Ontario.
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