1. Robert Norman Munsch was born on June 11,1945 and is an American-born, Canadian children's author.
20 Facts About Robert Munsch
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Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 11,1945.
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Robert Munsch grew up in a family of nine children.
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Robert Munsch studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after having jobs at orphanages and daycare centers.
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In 1973, Robert Munsch received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University.
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Robert Munsch moved to Canada in 1975 to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.
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Robert Munsch taught in the College of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor.
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Robert Munsch has publicly talked about his bipolar disorder and addiction issues.
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Robert Munsch has since retired, but continued to publish two previously written books each year.
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On May 15,2010, Robert Munsch announced that he had been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive and manic-depressive disorder, and that he had a cocaine addiction that started in 2005 and was a recovering alcoholic; at the time, Robert Munsch had been clean for four months, and had regularly attended Alcoholics Anonymous for the previous 25 years and Narcotics Anonymous meetings more recently.
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On October 2,2021, Robert Munsch told the CBC that he had been diagnosed with dementia and, as a result, can no longer write.
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Robert Munsch is known for his exuberant storytelling methods, with exaggerated expressions and acted voices.
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Robert Munsch makes up his stories in front of audiences and refines them through repeated tellings.
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Robert Munsch's stories do not have a recurring single character; instead, the characters are based on the children to whom he first told the story, including his own children.
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Robert Munsch often performed at children's festivals and appears at elementary schools, sometimes unannounced.
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In 1991, some of his books were adapted into an animated TV series A Bunch of Robert Munsch, but made in Montreal and premiered on the pay-TV channel.
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In 1985, Robert Munsch won a Juno Award for his portrayal of "Murmel, Murmel, Robert Munsch: More Outrageous Stories".
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In 1999, Robert Munsch was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
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On June 17,2009, it was announced that Robert Munsch would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
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Robert Munsch is the most stolen author at the Toronto Public Library.