Munro was a craftsman, known for her intricately paced short stories that could devastate a reader. Her characters often lived in rural Ontario, like Munro herself.
In reviewing her last collection, 2012's Dear Life, NPR critic Alan Cheuse wrote 'Munro focuses on every aspect of our ordinary existence and makes it seem as extraordinary as it actually is.'
She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the year after Dear Life was published, but she was 'too frail' to attend the ceremonies.
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