Congratulations to Alice Munro for receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Munro's works stand as a brilliant example of the extent to which one person's pursuit of knowledge and understanding can richly affect humanity. Munro's receipt of this prestigious Nobel Prize also reinforces the vastness of possibility that can result from dedication to excellence.
SSHRC continues to support the best in research on literature, including research on Munro's work, and is funding The Alice Munro Symposium, May 9 to 11, 2014 at the University of Ottawa.
Here are some examples of SSHRC-funded research offering insight on the work of this extraordinary Canadian Nobel laureate:
Laura K. Potter
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master's
Funded in 2011
Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro and the New Yorker: how an American institution edited Canadian short stories for the world
University of Toronto
JoAnn E. McCaig
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
Funded in 2010
A stone in her shoe: process and product in Alice Munro's archive
University of Calgary
Lisa J. Jodoin
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master's
Funded in 2009
Representations of the female body and the grotesque in female Canadian gothic literature in the works of Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Marie-Claire Blais, and Anne Hébert
Lakehead University
Kaya A. Fraser
SSHRC Doctoral Award
Funded in 2005
Migrant readings: Canadian literatures in a transnational context
Western University
Sara L. Jamieson
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Funded in 2000
Alice Munro: writing age
University of Calgary
