she is an awesome person and a great writer. Her stories are so multi-dimensional and complex yet so easy to feel and relate. Also her smile is too cute.
when she said about writing that ,she worked in a way that comforted her and pleased herself more than any thing else, i APPRECIATE VERY MUCH HER WRITING MOOD when she writes. this is a big lesson for anyone who would like to be a writer
Nowadays when knowledge production is very much related to educational institutions like universities and when somebody talks about different experiences and becomes inspiration for so many people it gives satisfaction to people around that world that everyone can tell their experiences whatever they are....... thanks Alice for your writing and I will read all your books near future
“Have you thought you could win the Nobel?” “No, I am a woman”. That was a slap on the face for this interviewer who kept remind her that she was a woman writer.
Ths interview is really insightful, she has honestly told how her journey was as a writer, and phases and situations a person faces when they want to be a writer.
The interviewer’s comment “simple way of thinking”!? He better reads her books to appreciate the depth and mix of emotions conveyed by her succinctness.
Munro is the best. The area of southern Ontario is a land I am well familiar with. In the 1970's, I spent much of my summers in Seaforth, Dublin and Goderich in the land that my 1840's Irish ancestors settled and chopped down all the trees, to plant and survive. Clinton is north of these towns. My grandfather was still alive, living in Dublin in a beautiful old farmhouse on the main street and attending Mass at St. Patrick's on Saturday afternoon.
lol when he says "what's so interesting about small-town Canadian life?" and they show a montage of downtown waterfront Victoria BC. My Nobel dudes, that is not small town Canada. Victoria remains a metropolis to me coming from a resource town, population 2000, and yes, you would have to be there to understand. They don't lol. Alice though gives a voice to her own small towns. Thank you Alice.
@the EQUATION What utter nonsense. She's a great writer who writes for anyone who interested in literature. That's like saying that Raymond Carver is a men's writer, because he was a man. Both of them write from what they know. I've never heard of Carver referred to as a men's writer.
Agreed… his questions did not merit her work. Ugh. Silly basic questions to a woman who is a stone cold master of her genre, who wrote some of the most psychologically nuanced stories of our time. And yes, all the focus on her “woman’s point of view” and “do you hope to inspire young women to write”… ?? Do you ask male writers if they hope to “inspire little boys to write?” I’m glad I wasn’t the only one bothered... and agree, she answered with so much grace and generosity. She’s a bad ass. Guess it helps to have just won the Nobel to put you in a good mood 😂
I just read Lives of Girls and Women. Hilarious. I wanted to read someone , my mother's age, from small town Ontario (like me), who's ancestors lineage are embedded in Ontario's history. She's got so much patience, so detailed. One must be very calm, feel very safe in the world to write like A.M. I compare her to Mavis Gallant. Very detailed, ,introspective, insightful. Empowering for women.
The interviewer must think that he sounds thoroughly progressive by associating her gender with everything she writes, but he comes off as disrespectful and condescending...
I think this can be easily misunderstood. While she doesn't want to emphasize the role necessarily, highlighting it is a signal that part of the appreciation of her work comes from the female perspective. There is a demand to bring that aspect into focus. There isn't a lot of harm here.
She is absolutely wonderful. And I agree, the guy has not read a single page of her work. He says: You seem to have a very simple view on things. She says: Do I? Laughing. You could spend like years on a Lacanian analysis of any of her stories and would not get very far (not even Zizek would). She has been there, everywhere, I am sure, she says she practically lived in that bookstore. But it really takes an institutional dumbhead like this one to buy the "simple view". Eat more chocolate, read more Munro.
This interviewer cannot get past himself; so many of his questions are gendered and banal. Alice Munro deserves better. Wonderful writer and storyteller, she manages to go beyond the tedious questions.
I felt uncomfortably exposed when reading Munro's work the very first time. It's like all my inner fears and unspoken secrets were suddenly open out in the light under her insightful pen. Wow, I am a woman!
She's a dazzling writer, and her short stories are brilliant. The interviewer is certainly giving her a huge amount of time to answer at her leisure, but there's something seriously wrong here. Either he knows very little about her, or he doesn't know how important she is. Or he's uncomfortable with English. It's spoken perfectly but there's an accent there. Whatever the problem is, it's a real pity. But he's the one struggling all the same - not her. She shines through.
I just don't get cold, dry interviewers. The whole point's to connect with the real person behind the image. She's looking at him like a lion watches a mouse puff out his chest...amused enough to humor the whole thing...makes for a funny story later
I'm sorry but these questions are not only awful but downright rude. "You seem to have a very simple view on things" was the definite low point and what was that question about liking to write even though having hands full of housework and raising kids? How can this kind of a question even be asked in a post-1950's world?
@Jochen Stossberg No in fact, it didn't occur to me. I myself struggle with English as it is not my first language. Yet I would never ask such questions.
Is this an interview about feminism or writing!?! The guy interviewing her steers everything toward gender. One question about how gender played a role in her writing would have been enough. He destroyed this interview. It was very uncomfortable to watch.
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She's absolutely lovely. So humble and authentic.
she is an awesome person and a great writer. Her stories are so multi-dimensional and complex yet so easy to feel and relate.
Also her smile is too cute.
well said! can't agree with you more!
when she said about writing that ,she worked in a way that comforted her and pleased herself more than any thing else, i APPRECIATE VERY MUCH HER WRITING MOOD when she writes. this is a big lesson for anyone who would like to be a writer
She is more polite and kind to this interviewer than he deserves. Very classy.
Truly the most dreadful questions to the most brilliant author ... As though the only people who read her are women! More than ironic ...
one of my all-time favorite writers. really nice to see this interview. she's very deserving of the prize.
Nowadays when knowledge production is very much related to educational institutions like universities and when somebody talks about different experiences and becomes inspiration for so many people it gives satisfaction to people around that world that everyone can tell their experiences whatever they are....... thanks Alice for your writing and I will read all your books near future
My favourite. I know I wouldn't ever find another writer like her.
“Have you thought you could win the Nobel?” “No, I am a woman”. That was a slap on the face for this interviewer who kept remind her that she was a woman writer.
I just love her.
yes she's great.
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Ths interview is really insightful, she has honestly told how her journey was as a writer, and phases and situations a person faces when they want to be a writer.
Such a profoundly moving and humane author, her stories continually amaze and unsettle me.
What an awesome woman! I'm a brazillian writer and her life, her stories inspires me. This video is awesome. Thank you!
Thanks Alice Munro for sharing your masterpiece!!! I love you and all your works!
She published in The New Yorker for years. One of the best ever.
The interviewer’s comment “simple way of thinking”!? He better reads her books to appreciate the depth and mix of emotions conveyed by her succinctness.
What a great writer!❤
I love her very much❤
A good interviewer creates conversation and evolves the interaction while bringing insights from the writing imo.
Your stories most certainly move me Alice, they do.
Reading Runway. Fantastic writer of short stories. The nobel prize was deserved.
Munro is the best. The area of southern Ontario is a land I am well familiar with. In the 1970's, I spent much of my summers in Seaforth, Dublin and Goderich in the land that my 1840's Irish ancestors settled and chopped down all the trees, to plant and survive. Clinton is north of these towns. My grandfather was still alive, living in Dublin in a beautiful old farmhouse on the main street and attending Mass at St. Patrick's on Saturday afternoon.
I find the Southwestern Ontario way of life an integral part of my character. Alice Munro is easy for me to relate to.
lol when he says "what's so interesting about small-town Canadian life?" and they show a montage of downtown waterfront Victoria BC. My Nobel dudes, that is not small town Canada. Victoria remains a metropolis to me coming from a resource town, population 2000, and yes, you would have to be there to understand. They don't lol. Alice though gives a voice to her own small towns. Thank you Alice.
Thank you! You are such a big being!!!
Great writer! How annoying that the interviewer only sees her as a "Women's Writer for Women". I doubt he's read anything she's written.
The questions are really lame you'd think they could have come up with better
@the EQUATION What utter nonsense. She's a great writer who writes for anyone who interested in literature. That's like saying that Raymond Carver is a men's writer, because he was a man. Both of them write from what they know. I've never heard of Carver referred to as a men's writer.
Agreed… his questions did not merit her work. Ugh. Silly basic questions to a woman who is a stone cold master of her genre, who wrote some of the most psychologically nuanced stories of our time. And yes, all the focus on her “woman’s point of view” and “do you hope to inspire young women to write”… ?? Do you ask male writers if they hope to “inspire little boys to write?” I’m glad I wasn’t the only one bothered... and agree, she answered with so much grace and generosity. She’s a bad ass. Guess it helps to have just won the Nobel to put you in a good mood 😂
@D Kahl Yes true.
That’s boloney isn’t it I’ve read her stuff and I think she’s brilliant and I’m guy.
She is so cute and honest and lovable!!
“How many stories have you thrown away?” “When I was young, I threw them all away.”
I loved watching her interview can any one guide which book is her best one for anyone
I just read Lives of Girls and Women. Hilarious. I wanted to read someone , my mother's age, from small town Ontario (like me), who's ancestors lineage are embedded in Ontario's history. She's got so much patience, so detailed. One must be very calm, feel very safe in the world to write like A.M. I compare her to Mavis Gallant. Very detailed, ,introspective, insightful. Empowering for women.
Dear Alice, we grew up with the same stories
*I LOVE SHORT STORIES*
*I LOVE THE WORKS OF ALICE MUNRO*
*REMARKABLE WOMAN* 😌 😌 😌
Why you love her works
This fragile but willed woman reminds me of my mom.
The interviewer must think that he sounds thoroughly progressive by associating her gender with everything she writes, but he comes off as disrespectful and condescending...
@Nick Hall if you can't see the harm you're part of the problem ...
I think this can be easily misunderstood. While she doesn't want to emphasize the role necessarily, highlighting it is a signal that part of the appreciation of her work comes from the female perspective. There is a demand to bring that aspect into focus. There isn't a lot of harm here.
She is absolutely wonderful. And I agree, the guy has not read a single page of her work. He says: You seem to have a very simple view on things. She says: Do I? Laughing. You could spend like years on a Lacanian analysis of any of her stories and would not get very far (not even Zizek would). She has been there, everywhere, I am sure, she says she practically lived in that bookstore. But it really takes an institutional dumbhead like this one to buy the "simple view". Eat more chocolate, read more Munro.
what does eating chocolate have to do with this??😂😂
This interviewer cannot get past himself; so many of his questions are gendered and banal. Alice Munro deserves better. Wonderful writer and storyteller, she manages to go beyond the tedious questions.
I think he's struggling with English.
Canada's national treasure, and this country's pride.
Reading your shortstories !!!😍😍
I felt uncomfortably exposed when reading Munro's work the very first time. It's like all my inner fears and unspoken secrets were suddenly open out in the light under her insightful pen. Wow, I am a woman!
Well Alice, we do enjoy your books. A lot.
She's so Canadian!
What an honest, natural interview! I'm planning to use it for my CanLit classes. Thank you, Alice Munro.
reading “Dear Life” in quarantine
I NEVER WRITTEN IN A CONSCIOUS WAY; in my view this is the most important think that a serious writer should learn from this inspired interview
I just love her!
Wait, is this the same Alice Munro from the student exchange debate in 1959?
She's a dazzling writer, and her short stories are brilliant. The interviewer is certainly giving her a huge amount of time to answer at her leisure, but there's something seriously wrong here. Either he knows very little about her, or he doesn't know how important she is. Or he's uncomfortable with English. It's spoken perfectly but there's an accent there. Whatever the problem is, it's a real pity. But he's the one struggling all the same - not her. She shines through.
Her first story was a fanfiction lol
So true!
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
At 13:00 good quote as to the impact of her writing...
I just don't get cold, dry interviewers. The whole point's to connect with the real person behind the image. She's looking at him like a lion watches a mouse puff out his chest...amused enough to humor the whole thing...makes for a funny story later
Honest answers and I love it
I love her laughter. I am enjoying your stories , Ms. Munro. Thank you for your wit and humour. 🤗☺️
great
What a wonderfull person!
Thank you Nobel Prize for posting this video.
LOVE
So beautiful human being ❤️
WE LOVE ALICE, V KOOL!
I'm sorry but these questions are not only awful but downright rude.
"You seem to have a very simple view on things" was the definite low point and what was that question about liking to write even though having hands full of housework and raising kids? How can this kind of a question even be asked in a post-1950's world?
@Jochen Stossberg No in fact, it didn't occur to me. I myself struggle with English as it is not my first language. Yet I would never ask such questions.
Has it occurred to you that he's struggling with English? There's an accent in there. A literary student maybe?
Couldn't agree more. It was unbearable the way he was behaving
Is this an interview about feminism or writing!?! The guy interviewing her steers everything toward gender. One question about how gender played a role in her writing would have been enough. He destroyed this interview. It was very uncomfortable to watch.
And the English speakers keep winning the Nobel prize... the Swedish academy only read in English or what?
I’m sorry. Have you actually seen the list of winners from the last thirty years?
Awful interviewer. So angry listening to him belittling her work and asking inane questions
Suggest me some books of her.....
@Elizabeth Aleman Thank you. Take care. 🌹
Friend of My Youth and Dear Life are my favorite collections I’ve read so far but you can find lots of her best stories in the New Yorker.