Her publisher, Penguin Random House Canada,announced the news Tuesday.
Her short stories were celebrated for possessing as much literary and emotional depth as a novel.
“Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe.
Alice Munro in 2009.PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty
Im so thrilled to be chosen as this years Nobel Prize recipient.
I hope it fosters further interest in all Canadian writers.
I also hope that this brings further recognition to the short story form.”
Her other two such wins were for 1978’sWho Do You Think You Are?and 1986’sThe Progress of Love.
She was nominated an additional two times but did not win.
Munro was also known for revisiting and republishing her stories with significant edits (sometimes under new titles).
Her work was also often collated and published in anthologies by other editors under titles such asSelected StoriesandVintage Munro.
She and James Munro divorced in 1972.
She married Gerald Fremlin in 1976, and they remained together until his death in 2013.
She is survived by her daughters Sheila and Jenny.
