THE Canadian writer Alice Munroe has won the 2009 The Man Booker International Prize for fiction. The prize was instituted in 2004. She will get £60,000 as prize money. The panel of judges declared that, “Alice Munroe is mostly known as a short story writer, and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and perfection to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels”. The prize will be given to her on 25 June in Dublin.
Indian writers such as Mahasweta Devi, V.S.Naipaul had also been short listed for the prize. This prize is given once in every two years, unlike the annual Booker Prize, to a living author for the author’s life time achievement. Munroe, one of the most celebrated writers of Canada said that she was “totally amazed and delighted” at being selected for the prize. Amit Chaudhury, an Indian author and a member of the panel of judges said that reading Munroe’s work amounted “to learn something every time that you never thought of before”.
Judge Jane Smiley, (the Pulitzer prize-winning American novelist) said “Her work is practically perfect. Any writer has to gawk when reading her because her work is very subtle and precise”. She portrays the life in the small-town in rural Ontario. The discerning reading public noticed her when she published her first collection of stories “Dance of the Happy Shades” I968.Canada’s prestigious prize, the governor General’s Literary Award was given to it. The “Lives of Girls and Women”, published in 1971, won the Canadian Booksellers Association International Book Year Award. “The Beggar Mind” had been shortlisted for the Booker in 1980.
The Man Booker International Prize is given once in every two years unlike the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize is a prize given annually for the best original full length novel’ written in English. The writer must be a citizen of the Commonwealth countries. The citizens of Ireland are also eligible to win the prize. Booker-McConnell is the sponsors of the prize. The prize instituted in 1968, was earlier, known as the Booker-McConnell Prize. It became the Booker prize in 2002 when the Booker Prize foundation assumed charge of the prize. It is an advisory committee, which includes an author, a librarian, a book shop owner, two publishers and a Chairperson that selects the panel of judges. Writers, critics, prominent public figures constitute the judging panel.
Alice Munroe’s Works:
Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968: Debut collection of short stories; wins the Governor General's Award for Fiction.
Lives of Girls and Women, 1971: Collection of linked stories chronicling the life of character Del Jordan.
Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978: Fourth book, another linked story collection; wins a second Governor General's Award for Fiction. Released in the U.S. and Britain under the title The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose; nominated under that title to the 1980 Booker Prize short list.
The Progress of Love, 1986: Sixth book; wins third Governor General's Award for Fiction.
Friend of My Youth, 1990: Winner of the Trillium Book Award.
The Love of a Good Woman, 1998: Ninth collection of original stories; wins the Giller Prize.
Runaway, 2004: Wins a second Giller Prize.
The View from Castle Rock, 2006: Most recent original collection; draws on Munro's own life and her Laidlaw family tree in Scotland and Ontario.
Too Much Happiness, 2009: Thirteenth original collection, due out in August.
Indian writers such as Mahasweta Devi, V.S.Naipaul had also been short listed for the prize. This prize is given once in every two years, unlike the annual Booker Prize, to a living author for the author’s life time achievement. Munroe, one of the most celebrated writers of Canada said that she was “totally amazed and delighted” at being selected for the prize. Amit Chaudhury, an Indian author and a member of the panel of judges said that reading Munroe’s work amounted “to learn something every time that you never thought of before”.
Judge Jane Smiley, (the Pulitzer prize-winning American novelist) said “Her work is practically perfect. Any writer has to gawk when reading her because her work is very subtle and precise”. She portrays the life in the small-town in rural Ontario. The discerning reading public noticed her when she published her first collection of stories “Dance of the Happy Shades” I968.Canada’s prestigious prize, the governor General’s Literary Award was given to it. The “Lives of Girls and Women”, published in 1971, won the Canadian Booksellers Association International Book Year Award. “The Beggar Mind” had been shortlisted for the Booker in 1980.
The Man Booker International Prize is given once in every two years unlike the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize is a prize given annually for the best original full length novel’ written in English. The writer must be a citizen of the Commonwealth countries. The citizens of Ireland are also eligible to win the prize. Booker-McConnell is the sponsors of the prize. The prize instituted in 1968, was earlier, known as the Booker-McConnell Prize. It became the Booker prize in 2002 when the Booker Prize foundation assumed charge of the prize. It is an advisory committee, which includes an author, a librarian, a book shop owner, two publishers and a Chairperson that selects the panel of judges. Writers, critics, prominent public figures constitute the judging panel.
Alice Munroe’s Works:
Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968: Debut collection of short stories; wins the Governor General's Award for Fiction.
Lives of Girls and Women, 1971: Collection of linked stories chronicling the life of character Del Jordan.
Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978: Fourth book, another linked story collection; wins a second Governor General's Award for Fiction. Released in the U.S. and Britain under the title The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose; nominated under that title to the 1980 Booker Prize short list.
The Progress of Love, 1986: Sixth book; wins third Governor General's Award for Fiction.
Friend of My Youth, 1990: Winner of the Trillium Book Award.
The Love of a Good Woman, 1998: Ninth collection of original stories; wins the Giller Prize.
Runaway, 2004: Wins a second Giller Prize.
The View from Castle Rock, 2006: Most recent original collection; draws on Munro's own life and her Laidlaw family tree in Scotland and Ontario.
Too Much Happiness, 2009: Thirteenth original collection, due out in August.
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