Alice Munro

Nascimento : 1931-07-10, Wingham, Ontario, Canada

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer, winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize. Generally regarded to be one of the world's foremost writers of fiction, her stories focus on the human condition and relationships seen through the lens of daily life. While the locus of Munro’s fiction is Southwestern Ontario, her reputation as a short-story writer is international. Her "accessible, moving stories" explore human complexities in a seemingly effortless style. Munro's writing has established her as "one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction," or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "our Chekhov." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alice Munro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmes

Julieta
Julieta
Story
Trinta anos na história da vida de Julieta, de 1985, altura em que tudo parecia cor-de-rosa, até 2015 quando a sua vida parece destruída e ela se encontra à beira da loucura.
Amores Inversos
Amores Inversos
Novel
A tímida Johanna Parry (Kristen Wiig) é contratada para tomar conta de um homem idoso e da pré-adolescente Sabitha (Hailee Steinfeld). Esta adulta solitária cai na invenção de Sabitha, que simula o interesse amoroso de seu pai (Guy Pearce), um homem dependente de drogas, pela nova babá. Johanna embarca neste amor platônico...
Canaan
Canaan
Story
Mina has decided to leave her older husband Morteza after ten years of marriage. Next Monday will be her divorce date, which means her first step towards her goal; immigration. However, the arrival of her older sister, Azar, together with the illness of her mother in law is causing her trouble. To her surprise, meanwhile, she finds out she is pregnant.
Longe Dela
Longe Dela
Short Story
Fiona e Grant estão casados há 50 anos e precisam enfrentar o fato de que a distração constante de Fiona é um sintoma do mal de Alzheimer. Ela precisa ser internada em uma casa de repouso especializada, onde se esquece lentamente de Grant e passa a dedicar seu afeto a outro paciente.
Edge of Madness
Edge of Madness
Story
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates.
Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls
Writer
Boys and Girls is a 1983 Canadian short film directed by Don McBrearty. It is based on Alice Munro's short story of the same name, written in 1968. It is a coming of age story about a girl growing up on a farm having to accept that in her lifetime she will always be considered "only a girl." The film won an Oscar in 1984 for Best Short Subject.
The Ottawa Valley
The Ottawa Valley
Story
Based on the Alice Munro short story, in which the narrator tries in vain to write a portrait of her mother’s family.