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<p> <br><br> World-renowned American author Toni Morrison died on August 5<sup>th</sup>, 2019. <br><br> She was 88 years old.<br><br> 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”.<br><br> Of her first novel, “ The Bluest Eye” she said: “ I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.”<br><br> In 1993 she 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.<br><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.”<br><br> 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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