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<p>World-renowned American author Toni Morrison died on August 5, 2019.</p>
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<p> She was 88 years old.</p>
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<p>She grew up in Lorain, Ohio and went on to become one of the world’s leading authors. Among her works are the classics “ Beloved” and “Songs of Solomon”.</p>
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<p>On her first novel, “ The Bluest Eye” she said: “ I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.”</p>
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<p>In 1993, Morrison won the Nobel Prize for literature becoming the first black woman to do so. She has also won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.</p>
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<p><br>On the craft of writing, she once said: “ Writing is really a way of thinking  - not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.”</p>
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<p>Asked about her process, this is what she had to say: “ If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it”. </p>
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<p>What is your favourite work(s) from Toni Morrison? Let us know in the <strong>BUZZ</strong> comments section.</p>
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