Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dies aged 92

Canadian author Alice Munro in 2013 (Picture: Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honoured short story writers, has died aged 92.

A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died on Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario.