AliceMunroChronology

Chronology

1931 AliceLaidlawborn10JulyinWingham,Ontario,theeldestofthreechildren, daughterofafoxandpoultryfarmer,RobertEric,andaschoolteacher,Anne Clarke[Chamney].Homewasontheoutskirtsoftown,andhermotherwastodie ofParkinson’sdiseasein1959.Thesecircumstances,andothersfromthe writer’slife,wereeventuallytoseefactualandemotionaladaptationina numberofherstories.

1936-43 Educatedlocally,atLowertown,WinghamPublic,andWinghamand DistrictHighSchools. Wasreading“prettydesperately”(Ross15)byagenineorten.Alwaysfeeling theoutsiderinasocietywhere“themaleandfemalerolesareveryclearly defined”(Murch43).

1943-48 Beganwritingverse,chieflyTennysonian,andadventurestoriesaroundage12, andcontinuedwithagooddealofimitativefictioninhighschool.

1949-51 AttendedUniversityofWesternOntarioonascholarship,studyingfirst journalismandthenEnglish.Publishedearlieststoriesinundergraduate literarymagazine,Folio.Despitesummerandlibraryjobs,leftuniversityin 195Iwhenawardmoneyranout.TheyearofherfirstsaletoRobertWeaverof theCBCandmarriagetoJamesMunro.Movedto Vancouver, BritishColumbia.

1951-57 Wrotewhileraisingthreedaughters(born1953,and1966,andtowhom SomethingI’veBeenMeaningtoTellYouisdedicated),withfirst commercialsalein1953toMayfair. IntermittentworkforVancouverPublicLibraryforthreeyears.Severalstories readonCBCradio.FictionsoldtothemagazinesChatelaineand CanadianForum;othersappearedintheliterary journalsQueen’sQuarterlyandTamarackReview.

1960Breakthroughstory,“The PeaceofUtrecht,”published.

1962 ThemagazineMontrealerbecamearelativelyfrequentoutlet throughthemid-sixties.

1963-68 In1963thefamilymovedtoVictoria, B.C.,toestablishMunro’sBookShop.WithencouragementofRyersonPress’s EarleToppings,selectedstoriescollectedasDanceoftheHappyShades (1968):winneroftheGovernor-General’sawardforfiction.

1969-70 StoriescontinuedtoappearinperiodicalslikeSaturdayNightandMcCall’s. MorereadontheCBC;others,afewwithscriptsbyMunro,wereadaptedand dramatizedonCBCTV.WorkbegantoappearinsignificantCanadiananthologies.

1971-73 LivesofGirlsandWomenpublished(1971),anovelcomposedofconnected shortstories,whichwontheCanadianBooksellers’AssociationInternational BookYearAward(1972).ThevolumebecameaBook-of-theMonthClubAlternate. B.C.LibraryAssociationOutstandingFictionWritersAward,1972.Separation fromhusband,1972;taughtsummerschoolinNelson,B.C.,andmovedto London, Ontario.Commutedto Torontototeachonceweeklyat YorkUniversity.

1974-75 SomethingI’veBeenMeaningtoTellYou,shortstories.Co-winnerofthe ProvinceofOntarioCouncil fortheArtsaward,1974,andGreatLakesCollegesAssociationAwardfor DanceoftheHappyShades.Writer-in-Residence, UniversityofWesternOntario. InthisperiodthedemandforMunro’sreadingsofherworkbegantogrow.

1976-77 Divorce.MarriedcartographerGeraldFremlin,afriendfromherundergraduate days.Tocareforelderlyparentsthecouplesettledin Clinton,Ontario,Munroso returningtorootsinHuron County.HonoraryD.Litt.fromthe UniversityofUniversityof WesternOntario(1976).1977,majorityof newstoriesbegantoappearintheNewYorker.

1977-78 NationalMagazineAwardsFoundationGoldMedalAwardfor“Accident,”later collectedinTheMoonsofJupiter.AlsoawardedtheCanada-AustraliaLiterary Prize.1978,WhoDoYouThinkYouAre?published:

somestoriesremovedorreworked byMunroasthecollection(Americantitle,TheBeggarMaid:StoriesofFlo& Rose)wasinpress.Thevolumeof“linkedstories”wontheGovernor-General’s award,andwasshortlistedfor Britain’sBookerPrize.

1979-80 In1979commencedafirst-readingagreementwiththeNewYorker,tripto Australiaasbenefitfromthe Canada-AustraliaLiteraryPrize.In1980Writer-in-Residence, UniversityofBritishColumbia, forfourmonths,andattheUniversity ofQueensland, Brisbane,intheautumn.WhoDoYouThinkYou Are?awardedthecombinedPeriodicalDistributorsofCanadaandtheFoundation fortheAdvancementofCanadianLetters’FirstPrizeforPaperbackFiction (1980).

1981 June1981,triptoChina withsixotherCanadianwritersasguestsoftheChineseWriters’ Association.PapersacquiredbytheUniversity ofCalgary.

1982-85 TheMoonsofJupiter,shortstories;Penguin Canadaacquiredthepaperbackrights. March,ConferenceonMunro’sworkatthe UniversityofWaterloo (proceedingscollectedasTheArtofAliceMunro).NationalMagazine AwardsFoundationGoldMedalAwardfor“Mrs.CrossandMrs.Kidd”(1982).Trip toScandinaviancountriestopublicizepublicationofaNorwegiantranslationof TheBeggarMaid(Tiggerpiken).

1986 InauguralwinneroftheMarianEngelAward.TheProgressofLove(1986),short stories,winneroftheGovernorGeneral’sAwardforfiction;thecollectionwas namedamongthe“Year’sTenBest”bytheNewYorkTimes.

1990 FriendofMyYouth,shortstories,nominatedfortheGovernorGeneral’sAward. ShortlistedfortheIrishTimesLingusFictionPrize.

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