Days after Andrea Robin Skinner’s story became public, few people in Clinton were prepared to discuss Munro
A monument to Alice Munro’s 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature sits in front of the Library in Clinton, Ont., on July 8.For the mayor of the municipality where Alice Munro spent much of her adult life, the monument honouring her outside the local library should be left unchanged – an affirmation that for Clinton, Ont., the Nobel laureate will always be considered a cherished member of the community.
Fremlin was convicted of indecent assault in 2005, at age 80, at a court in Goderich, Ont., 20 kilometres from Clinton.Alice Munro and Fremlin lived together in Clinton until Fremlin’s death in 2013, the same year Munro won the Nobel Prize in literature, the only Canadian writer to ever earn the award.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Ginn said he couldn’t foresee making changes to the structure in light of the recent revelations, because Munro will always remain “a Nobel Prize winner.” “Disbelief, you know, that someone from a small town of 3,000 people could be a Nobel Prize winner, and walk the street and say hi to you,” he said.
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