Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning short story author, dies at 92
![Canadian author Alice Munro as she receives a Man Booker International award at Trinity College Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland, on June 25, 2009.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/14/gettyimages-1228783521_custom-2eea27cbe0b3045fcf7e5d5d0c264a2be5a0890b.jpg)
The Canadian writer was known for her masterfully crafted short stories. Throughout her long career, she earned a number of prestigious awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
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