The correct answer is (a) Alice Munro.
Alice Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. She was the first Canadian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario, Canada in 1931. She began writing short stories in her early twenties, and her first collection of stories, “Dance of the Happy Shades,” was published in 1968. She went on to publish 14 more collections of short stories, as well as a novel, “The View from Castle Rock.”
Munro’s stories are known for their psychological insight and their exploration of the lives of ordinary people. She has been praised for her ability to capture the nuances of human experience.
In 2011, Munro was named the winner of the Man Booker International Prize. The prize is awarded to a living author for a body of work that has made a significant contribution to world literature. Munro was the first Canadian writer to win the prize.
In her acceptance speech, Munro said that she was “deeply honored” to receive the prize. She said that she was “a writer who has always been interested in the lives of ordinary people,” and that she was “grateful to have been able to spend my life writing about them.”
Munro died in 2018 at the age of 88. She is survived by her husband, Gerald Fremlin, and their three children.
The other options are:
(b) Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, teacher, and critic. He was best known for his first novel, “Things Fall Apart,” which is considered a classic of modern African literature.
(c) Ismail Kadare is an Albanian novelist, poet, and playwright. He is best known for his historical novels, which often deal with the themes of oppression and resistance.
(d) Philip Roth was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and playwright. He is best known for his novels about the American Jewish experience, such as “Portnoy’s Complaint” and “The Human Stain.”