Alice Munro a murit. Scriitoarea canadiană, laureată a premiului Nobel pentru Literatură, avea la 92 de ani (2024)

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Her collections have been translated into 13 languages. In 2013, Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited as a "master of the contemporary short story". She was the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

She had suffered from dementia for more than a decade. Once called “the Canadian Chekhov” by Cynthia Ozick, Munro's body of work was founded on forms and subjects traditionally disregarded by the literary mainstream.

Yet the recurrent and very personal themes of Munro's fiction – the stirring of the creative impulse, the bohemian rejection of provincial anonymity and conservatism, the refusal to be bound by narrow definitions of womanhood, and the complexity of female sexuality – are not what make her work so remarkable.

Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning short story author, dies at 92 The Canadian writer was known for her masterfully crafted short stories. Throughout her long career, she earned a number of prestigious awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

Alice Munro (born July 10, 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada—died May 13, 2024, Port Hope, Ontario) was a Canadian short-story writer who gained international recognition with her exquisitely drawn narratives.

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At first she brushes the symptoms off as being absent-minded. Eventually, the symptoms of forgetting words, names, appointments and locations lead her to seek medical treatment from a neurologist. Alice is diagnosed with an inherited, rare case of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

May 13, 2024 (age 92 years), Port Hope, Canada

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Plot. Alice Howland, a linguistics professor at Columbia University, celebrates her 50th birthday with her physician husband John and their three adult children. After she forgets a word during a lecture and becomes lost during a jog on campus, Alice's doctor diagnoses her with early onset familial Alzheimer's disease.

The author employs various literary techniques such as characterization, setting, and symbolism to illuminate the societal norms and expectations placed upon girls from a young age. Alice illustrates how the main character confronts gender inequality from people within her family and her immediate surroundings.

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Differently by Alice Munro (Summary) - Writing Atlas. A Canadian woman recalls the self-actualization, love, and loss that a recently deceased friend brought into her life throughout their yearslong relationship. Georgia, now in late middle age, lives in Ontario with her boyfriend.

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