Munro, Alice

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Alice Munro
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natal chart English style (Equal houses)

Name	Munro, Alice Gender: F
born on	10 July 1931 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Place	Wingham, Canada, 43n53, 81w19
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A
Astrology data	17°49' 22°28 Asc. 04°59'

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Biography

Canadian short-story writer, considered one of the best in the world and internationally anthologized. A three-time recipient of the Governor General Award for Fiction, her stories include "Happy Shades," 1968, "Who Do You Think You Are?," 1978 and "The Progress of Love," 1986.

The daughter of a former schoolteacher and fox-and-turkey farmer, she grew up in a small Ontario town, Munro was inspired as a girl by Eudora Welty’s stories in "The Golden Apples." Her own talent is marked with an ability to uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary.

She is married to her second husband, a retired geographer, and has three daughters.

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Events

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1968 (Story, "Happy Shades")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1978 (Story, "Who Do You Think You Are")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1986 (Story, "The Progress of Love")

Source Notes

John McKay-Clements quotes her, "I think it was 9:00 PM," given in The Canadian Astrology Collection.

Categories

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Short stories)

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (Internationally anthologized)

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Governor's General Award for Fiction X3)

• Lifestyle : Work : Work alone/ Singular role

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)