Collections of short stories of noted Canadian writer Alice Munro of life in rural Ontario include Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) and Moons of Jupiter (1982); for these and vivid novels, she won the Nobel Prize of 2013 for literature.
People widely consider her premier fiction of the world. Munro thrice received <u>governor general's award</u>. She focuses on human relationships through the lens of daily life. People thus refer to this "the Canadian Chekhov."