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\nToni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), was born on the 18th February 1931. She was an American novelist, editor, and educator whose novels focused on the experience of Black Americans, particularly emphasizing Black women's...\nToni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), was born on the 18th February 1931. She 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.⁠
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She is one of the most celebrated authors in the world, she made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America. In 1993, she became the first Black American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.⁠

In 2020, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Toni Morrison passed away on August 5, 2019, in a hospital in The Bronx, New York due to complications from pneumonia. She was 88 years old. She is survived by her son, Harold Ford Morrison, and three grandchildren.\n
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2022
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