Alice Munro vs Seamus Heaney
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Compare the life timelines of Alice Munro (1931–2024) and Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1939 to 2013.
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Alice Munro (1931–2024)
- — Born in Wingham, Ontario Verified
- — Studied English and journalism at the University of Western Ontario Verified
- — Married James Munro and moved to Vancouver Verified
- — Moved to Victoria, British Columbia, and opened Munro's Books Verified
- — Published Dance of the Happy Shades Verified
- — Published Lives of Girls and Women Verified
- — Divorced James Munro and returned to Ontario Verified
- — Awarded the Man Booker International Prize Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Died in Port Hope, Ontario Verified
Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)
- — Born at Mossbawn, County Londonderry Verified
- — Entered Queen's University Belfast Verified
- — Married Marie Devlin Verified
- — Published his first major collection, Death of a Naturalist Verified
- — Moved to Glanmore in County Wicklow Verified
- — Published North Verified
- — Began teaching at Harvard University Verified
- — Elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Died in Dublin Verified