Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison dies

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Toni Morrison, the renowned author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Beloved,' passed away Monday night.

Toni Morrison, the renowned author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel"Beloved" and for being the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, died Monday night, her publicist and family confirmed Tuesday.

Morrison's decades-long writing career spanned from 1970 to 2019, including treasured novels"The Bluest Eye" and"Song of Solomon." Her work delved into the black experience in America, specifically that of black women in the country. Among her plethora of accolades, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for"Beloved" and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Morrison was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Barack Obama in 2012.

 

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Such a beautiful mind, such a great loss.

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😪 May Ms Morrison Rest In Peace. Prayers for her family and friends.

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