Canadian Nobel-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92
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Munro was renowned for her short stories, which focussed on the frailties of the human condition.
Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author known for her mastery of the short story, has died at the age of 92.
Munro died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario, publisher Kristin Cochrane, chief executive officer of McClelland & Stewart, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Alice’s writing inspired countless writers … and her work leaves an indelible mark on our literary landscape,” Cochrane said.
Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories, which she focused on the frailties of the human condition and set in the rural Ontario countryside where she grew up.
Awarded the International Booker Prize for her body of work in 2009, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, Munro was diagnosed with dementia about a decade ago and was living in a care home.
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