Kanadalainen novellimestari ja Nobel-palkinnon voittaja Alice Munro on poistunut keskuudestamme. Lue lisää!
Kanadalainen kirjailija Alice Munro, joka voitti Nobelin kirjallisuudesta, on menehtynyt 92-vuotiaana. Munro tunnettiin mestarillisista novelleistaan, joissa hän käsitteli arkipäiväisen elämän syvällisiä teemoja. Hänen tarinansa olivat laajalti vertaamattomia yhdistelmä tavallisia ihmisiä ja poikkeuksellisia aiheita. Munro julkaisi useita novellikokoelmia, jotka saivat ansaittua tunnustusta. Hän ilmoitti vetäytyvänsä kirjoittamisesta vuonna 2013.
Alice Munro tunnetaan myös 'kanadalaisena Chekhovina' hänen kyvystään valottaa pimeyttä ja haluja arkipäiväisessä elämässä. Munro oli voittanut useita arvostettuja kirjallisuuspalkintoja, kuten Nobelin kirjallisuudesta vuonna 2013. Hän oli myös saavuttanut Man Booker International -palkinnon vuonna 2009. Munron poismenon jälkeen hänen vaikutukselliset novellit jäävät muistoksi kirjallisuuden kulta-aikaan, jolloin hän loi unohtumattomia tarinoita lukijoilleen.
The Canadian writer was known for her masterfully crafted short stories. Throughout her long career, she earned a number of prestigious awards including the ...
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Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
Alice Munro, the Nobel and prize-winning Canadian author of short story collections, has died. She was 92.
Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land ...
Munro died Monday in Ontario. A spokesman for U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf confirmed her death. Munro was 92 years old. She announced her retirement in 2013.
Alice Munro, Canadian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 92.
A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario.
Alice Munro has died at 92. The renowned Canadian short-story writer won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature and the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for ...
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Canadian short-story writer who won the Nobel prize in 2013 and was often likened to Chekhov and Guy de Maupassant.
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Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada. She died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario on Monday night, her family ...
Alice Munro, beloved Canadian author, Nobel Prize winner, and undisputed master of the short story, died on Monday at her home in Ontario, at the age of 92.
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Munro died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, publisher Kristin Cochrane, chief executive officer of McClelland & Stewart, said in a statement on Tuesday. Keep ...
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Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant among the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and short story writers, has died at age 92.
Alice Munro, who died this week, wrote stories about women who are willing to risk it all for desire.