Canadian Press NewsAlert: Author Alistair MacLeod dies at 77

WINDSOR, Ont. – Alistair MacLeod, the Prairie-born author who won one of the world’s most lucrative literary prizes with his only novel, has died. He was 77.

MacLeod was known for his short stories and his novel “No Great Mischief,” winner of the 2001 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

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