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  1. Aug 6, 2019 · The author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. She was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and best known for her nuanced discussion of race in America.

  2. Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated authors in the world. In addition to writing plays, and children’s books, her novels have earned her countless prestigious awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

  3. Aug 6, 2019 · Toni Morrison, who has died aged 88, was the only African American writer and one of the few women to have received the Nobel prize for literature.

  4. Nov 3, 2020 · Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931, to August 5, 2019) was an American novelist, editor, and educator whose novels focused on the experience of Black Americans, particularly emphasizing Black women's experience in an unjust society and the search for cultural identity.

  5. Feb 12, 2024 · One of the great 20th-Century novelists, Morrison consciously aimed her work at black American readers. In a 2003 interview, she told the BBC about why that made her writing sing.

  6. Oct 20, 2022 · How Toni Morrison Wrote Her Most Challenging Novel. ‘Jazz’ is a roaming, musical book, writes the poet Morgan Parker. It reads differently than the author’s others and is said to have been ...

  7. Aug 6, 2019 · Toni Morrison was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize. Among her most famous works are "Song of Solomon", "Jazz" and "Beloved".

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