Alice Ann Munro:
(born Laidlaw), (Wingham (Ontario), 10 July 1931 – Port Hope (Ontario), 13 May 2024).
Canadian short-story writer.
In May 2009, she was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for her entire body of work. In 2013, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as ‘Master of the contemporary short story’.
Munro died on 13 May 2024 at the age of 92. She had been suffering from dementia for a very long time.
The last days of May are among the longest of the year.
The last days of May are among the longest of the year.
– ‘stretched time’ — days seem long and slow
– ‘expectation’ — there is a sense of promise or change in the air
– ’transition’ — from spring to summer, or symbolically from one phase of life to another
– ‘melancholy or tension’ — long, light days can also evoke something melancholic or restless
Origin 📚: The English version circulating online reads:
“The last days of May are among the longest of the year.”
Author ✍️: The quote is attributed to Alice Munro on ‘quoteambition.com’. That makes it ‘plausible’ that the quote circulates online under her name. But what is important is:
– ‘QuoteAmbition’ is a secondary source
– as far as is known, ‘no primary source’ is given there
– without a story, book, or page reference, authorship is ‘not definitively confirmed’
The safest phrasing is therefore:
The quote is ‘attributed to Alice Munro’, but without a verifiable primary source, this cannot be confirmed ‘with complete certainty’.
