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Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Toni Morrison  (1931-2019) Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.

I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.

        — speech, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1978