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Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (born 1931).
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Toni Morrison
American novelist and editor (1931–2019)
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
American award for distinguished novels
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Nobel Prize in Literature
Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
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