About
Acclaimed Canadian writer of short fiction who earned the Man Booker International Prize in 2009, as well as the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her most famous short story collections include Who Do You Think You Are? (1978), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), and Open Secrets (1994).
Before Fame
She published her first story while attending the University of Western Ontario in 1950.
Trivia
She is a three-time recipient of the Governor General's Award.
Family Life
She married her second husband, Gerald Fremlin, in 1976. Her first marriage produced four daughters: Sheila, Catherine, Jenny, and Andrea.
Associated With
She won the Man Booker International Prize in 2009, a year before Philip Roth received the same honor.
