Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author and short story master, dead at 92

Revered Canadian short story author Alice Munro has died at her home in Ontario, Canada age 92.

Munro had been in frail health for years and often spoke of retirement, a decision that proved final after the author's 2012 collection, Dear Life."The world has lost one of its greatest storytellers," he posted to social media platform X. Alice Munro speaking at the 1990 Canada Council Molson prize, which celebrates outstanding lifetime contributions to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada.Settling with her husband and children in British Columbia, Munro wrote between housework, trips to school and helping her husband at the bookstore they co-owned .

Her changing life was best illustrated by her response to the annual Canadian census. For years, she had written down her occupation as "housewife". In 1971, she switched to "writer".Often ranked alongside Anton Chekhov, John Cheever and a handful of other short story writers, Munro achieved stature rare for an art form traditionally placed beneath the novel.

Munro, little known beyond Canada until her late 30s, also became one of the few short story writers to enjoy ongoing commercial success. She was admired without apparent envy by other authors, placed by the likes of Jonathan Franzen, John Updike and Cynthia Ozick at the very top of the pantheon.

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