Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro dies at 92

Canadian author Alice Munro, a 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92. Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada. She died at her home in Port Hope, Ontario on Monday night, her family and her publisher have confirmed.Munro was often compared to Russian writer Anton Chekhov for the insight and compassion found in her stories. "Alice Munro…