Famed Canadian author Alice Munro has passed away at the age of 92.

Mrs. Munro was born Alice Laidlaw on July 10th, 1931 to Robert and Anne Laidlaw in Wingham, Ontario.

She started writing as a teenager, publishing her first book – The Dimensions of a Shadow – in 1950. Her first book to receive critical acclaim, Dance of the Happy Shades, was published in 1968. Other books would continue over the decades, including The Moons of Jupiter, The Love of a Good Woman, and Dear Life.

She would win multiple awards ver hte years, including:

• Governor General’s Literary Award for English language fiction (three times)
• Giller Prize (two times)
• Commonwealth Writers Prize (four times)
• Nobel Prize in Literature (2013)
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• Trillium Book Award (three times)

Other honours include:

• Royal Society of Canada‘s Lorne Pierce Medal (1993)
• Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1997)
• Medal of Honor for Literature from the U.S. National Arts Club (2005)
• Government of France – Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (2010)

Mrs. Munro was married twice, first to James Munro and then to Gerald Fremlin. She had four children, three of which survive her. She died on May 13th, 2024 in Port Hope, Ontario.