Alice Munro, legendary short story writer, passes away at 93
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Alice Munro, the Canadian author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, passed away at the age of 93.
Kristin Cochrane, CEO of McClelland & Stewart, announced Munro's passing on May 14, stating that she died at her home the previous day after many years of battling
Munro, known for her collection "Runaway," was one of the rare short story writers to receive the Nobel Prize. Peter Englund, a member of the Swedish Academy, once remarked about Munro: "Small in stature, but large in soul." Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, a year after her collection "Dear Life" was published. However, she was too frail to attend the award ceremony a month later. Instead of delivering
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