Alice Munro Quotes


Braininess is not attractive unless combined with some signs of elegance; class.


Citations

Munro, Alice. "The Beggar Maid." The Beggar Maid: Stories and Tales, Knopf, 1979, p. 74.

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  • Born: July 10, 1931
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Short-story Writer

Alice Ann Munro is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. Her stories have been said to "embed more than announce, reveal more than parade."