Canada's Nobel-winning author Alice Munro dead at 92

By Merve Aydogan

HAMILTON, Canada (AA) - Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, well known for her short story book, “Dance of the Happy Shades,” has died at the age of 92, according to reports Tuesday.

CTV News, citing a spokesperson for Penguin Random House Canada, reported that Munro died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario.

Munro, who is renowned as one of the world's most respected contemporary authors and referred to as a "master of the contemporary short story" by the Swedish Academy, is widely known for “Dance of the Happy Shades" which was published in 1968 for which she received the Governor General's Award for Fiction in Canada.

She was primarily known for short stories and published many collections.

Her works include "Who Do You Think You Are?" (1978), "The Moons of Jupiter" (1982), "Runaway" (2004), "The View from Castle Rock" (2006) and "Too Much Happiness" (2009). Her most recent collection is "Dear Life" (2012).

The Canadian author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly referred to Munro as "a Canadian literary giant who captured the simplicities of everyday life in an extraordinary way."

"Let us honor her legacy by continuing to cherish the power of storytelling," she added.