Nobel Prize-winning authorToni Morrisonhas died at the age of 88, her publisher Alfred A. Knopf confirmed Tuesday morning.
Morrison, the writer of acclaimed and influential novels likeBelovedandSong of Solomon, was a giant of American literature.
The legacy of slavery and the reality of racial oppression were major themes in Morrison’s work.
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It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and inspired a 1998 movie adaptation starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover.
In 2012, President Barack Obamaawarded Morrison the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
That it’s not just pain, but there’s joy and glory and mystery."
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That may be the meaning of life," Morrison said.
“But we do language.
That may be the measure of our lives.”
Morrison’s 11th and final novel,God Help the Child, was published in 2015.
