Alice Munro vs Umberto Eco
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Compare the life timelines of Alice Munro (1931–2024) and Umberto Eco (1932–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1932 to 2016.
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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
Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
- — Born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy Verified
- — Completed a doctoral thesis on Thomas Aquinas at the University of Turin Verified
- — Joined the Italian state broadcaster RAI as a cultural editor Verified
- — Published Opera aperta (The Open Work) Verified
- — Married Renate Ramge Verified
- — Appointed professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna Verified
- — Published his first novel, The Name of the Rose Verified
- — Published Foucault's Pendulum Verified
- — Died in Milan, Italy Verified