Novelist Toni Morrison Has Died At 88
Celebrated*author*Toni*Morrison* the*acclaimed*American*novelist* who*
became the* first* black*
woman* to* win* the* Nobel* Prize*
in* literature* died* Monday.
“We* are* profoundly* sad *to* report* that *Toni* Morrison* has* died* at* the* age* of 88*,”
said*
her*
publisher* Knopf* on* Tuesday* morning.
According* to* a statement* released* by* the* Morrison* family*, Morrison* passed* away* surrounded* by* her* loved *ones* Monday *night* after *a "short* illness"* that* was* not *specified
"She* was* an *extremely* devoted* mother*,
grandmother,* and aunt* who *reveled* in* being *with* her* family* and *friends*," her* family* said.* "The* consummate* writer *who* treasured* the* written *word*, whether* her own,* her* students,* or* others,* she* read* voraciously* and* was* mos*t at home* when*
writing."
Sonny* Mehta*, the *editor*-in*-chief* and* chair* of* the* Knopf* Double*day
Publishing* Group*, said* he* could* "think* of* few* writers *in* American letters* who* wrote *with* more*humanity* or* with* more* love *for* language
than*
Toni*.”
"Her* narratives* and* mesmerizing *prose *have* made* an* indelible* mark *on *our* culture*. Her* novels* command* and* demand* our* attention*," Mehta
said.
"They* are *canonical* works*, and* more* importantly*, they* are* books* that remain *beloved* by* readers.
Though* she* wrote* many* essays*, Morrison* was *best* known* for *her novels*, including* her* first,* The*
Bluest *Eye*, which* took *the* literary world* by* storm* in 1970 and* led *to *other* works* such* as* Song
*of Solomon*, Sula*,
and *Tar* Baby.
Morrison’s *Beloved*, which* was* considered* by* some* to* be* her* magnum *opus*, won* the *writer* the *highly* coveted* Pulitzer* Prize* in fiction *in 1988. The* work* was* adapted* for* the* big* screen* in 1998 in a film *helmed* by Jonathan* Demme* and *starring* Oprah* Winfrey*, Danny Glover,* Than*die *Newton*, and* Kimberly* Elise.
She* was* awarded* the* Nobel* Prize* in *literature in* 1993 in* recognition* of* her *entire* writing* career*, becoming* the* first* black* woman* to* receive *that *prestigious* honor.
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