Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known as "Canada's Chekhov" for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, her editor has said.
Ms Munro set her taut, acutely observed stories in the rural Ontario countryside where she grew up, focusing a stark lens on the frailties of the human condition.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, Ms Munro had suffered from dementia in recent years.
She won the third Man Booker International Prize in 2009 and received a trophy at an award ceremony in Trinity College Dublin in 2009.
Her editor Deborah Treisman and a longtime friend David Staines confirmed to AFP that Munro died late yesterday.
The Globe and Mail, citing her family, reported that she died at her care home in Ontario.
"She was the greatest writer of the short story form of our time. She was exceptional as a writer and as a human being," said Mr Staines.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on X described Munro as "a Canadian literary icon".
"For six decades, her short stories captivated hearts around Canada and the world," she said.
Despite her vast success and an impressive list of literary prizes, however, Ms Munro long remained as unassuming and modest as the characters in her fiction.
"She is not a socialite. She is actually rarely seen in public, and does not go on book tours," commented American literary critic David Homel after she rose to global fame.
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