Alice Munro

Mavis Gallant is shown in Montreal in October 1981.

Mavis Gallant never got over being abandoned as a child — and it shaped her writing

February 19, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Mavis Gallant, a Canadian short-story writer died on February 18, 2013. Writer Daphne Kalotay, a Mavis scholar who met the acclaimed writer, aspires to be able to write like she does.

Canadian author Alice Munro's books sit on the bookshelf as her former husband Jim stands at the front counter at Munro's Bookstore in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013.

Alice Munro, ‘the Chekhov of Canada,’ wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

October 10, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

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