An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Alice Munro"

Rugadh Munro leis an ainm Alice Ann Laidlaw ann an [[Wingham, Ontario]].<ref name=":0">{{Iomradh lìon|ainm=M.|sloinneadh=Meyer|ùghdar_eile=|ùghdaran_eile=|ceann-là=|tiotal=Alice Munro|url=http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/authors_depth/munro.htm|ceann-là_inntrigidh=2019-01-03|foillsichear=Meyer Literature|duilleagan=|cànan=Beurla|url_tasgaidh=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212202336/http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/authors_depth/munro.htm|ceann-là_tasgaidh=2007-12-12|far_loidhne=yes}}</ref> Bha tuathanas le madaidhean agus mincean aig a h-athair, Robert Eric Laidlaw.<ref>Jeanne McCulloch, Mona Simpson [http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1791/the-art-of-fiction-no-137-alice-munro "Alice Munro, The Art of Fiction No. 137"], ''The Paris Review'' No. 131, Samhradh 1994</ref> B' e tidsear sgoile a bh' anns a màthair, Anne Clarke Laidlaw (''née'' Chamney).

Thòisich i a' sgrìobhadh nuair a b'bha ei deugair a bh'na inntedeugaire. Ann an 1950, fhad's a bha i a' dèanamh Beurla aig [[Oilthigh Western Ontario]], dh'fhoillsich i a ciad sgeulachd, "The Dimensions of a Shadow".<ref name="Westernnews">{{cite web| url=http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/October/alice_munro_lld76_wins__2013_nobel_prize_in_literature.html| title=Alice Munro, LLD'76, wins 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature| author=Jason Winders| date=10 Dàmhair 2013| work=Western News| publisher=The University of Western Ontario}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/living/nobel-prize-literature/ |title=Canada's Alice Munro, 'master' of short stories, wins Nobel Prize in literature |first= |last= |publisher=CNN |accessdate=11 October 2013 |date=10 Dàmahir 2013 }}</ref> Dh'fhàg i an oilthigh nuair a phòs i agus dh'imrich i a [[Columbia Bhreatannach]] far an do chuir i bùth leabhraichean air dòigh leis an duine aice.<ref name=":0" />

Tha Munro ainmeil airson a cuid sgeulachdan goirid. Thathar ag ràdh gun tug i buaidh mhòr air structar an sgeulachd goirid ann am Beurla leis mar a bhios an t-àm a' gluasad air ais is air adhart anns na sgeulachdan.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/books/alice-munro-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature.html Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature], by Julie Bosmans, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 10 Dàmh. 2013</ref> Mar as tric, tha a cuid ficsean stèidhichte ann an sgìre far an deach a h-àraich, [[Huron County, Ontario|sgrìre Huron]] air taobh an iar-dheas [[Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Marchand | first=P. | date=29 August 2009 | url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/08/29/open-book-philip-marchand-on-too-much-happiness-by-alice-munro.aspx | title=Open Book: Philip Marchand on Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro | newspaper=The National Post | accessdate=5 Sult. 2009}}</ref>