Her family announced the death, at a care home, to the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail.
A representative of her publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, said Ms. Munro died in Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, east of Toronto, The Associated Press said.
Ms. Munro was a member of the rare breed of writer, like Katherine Anne Porter and Raymond Carver, who made their reputations in the notoriously difficult literary arena of the short story, and did so with great success.
Ms. Munro’s stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
She portrayed small-town folks, often in rural southwestern Ontario, facing situations that made the fantastic seem an everyday occurrence.
Persons:
Alice Munro, Munro, Katherine Anne Porter, Raymond Carver
Organizations:
Canadian, Globe, Penguin Random House, The Associated Press
Locations:
Ontario, Penguin Random House Canada, Port Hope, Lake Ontario, Toronto