Alice Munro (1931–2024), recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, was among the foremost masters of the short story. In stories that often provide a novel’s worth of detail, Munro chronicled small-town life, revealing the ambiguities and deeper truths in human relationships. Her seventeen collections include the National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Love of a Good Woman, two volumes of selected stories, and a story cycle, Lives of Girls and Women. Among her other honors are three Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Edward MacDowell Medal, and the Man Booker International Prize. Munro lived in Ontario, near Lake Huron.
Photograph by Derek Shapton
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Red Dress—1946, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2012–2013
- To Reach Japan, a short story, in Winter 2012