Canadian author Alice Munro is photographed in Victoria on Dec. 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Canadian short story legend Alice Munro has died.
The news was confirmed by Munro’s family and her former editor and publisher Doug Gibson.
Munro’s intricate tales depicting life in small-town southwestern Ontario earned her an international fanbase and the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013.
The Swedish Academy hailed Munro as the “master of the contemporary short story” in awarding her the Nobel Prize in fall 2013.
It was one of countless honours the Canadian literary treasure received throughout her distinguished career.
Others included the Man Booker International Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and multiple Scotiabank Giller Prizes and Governor General’s Literary Awards.
Munro was revered for spare prose and stories that probed the human condition.
Though often lauded for bringing depth and universal appeal to her rural settings and characters, she said she was particularly proud of giving voice to women through her stories, especially considering that at one time critics belittled her work.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 14, 2024.
