Toni Morrison, First African-American Woman to Win Nobel Prize in Literature, Dies

The publishing house has made an announcement on Tuesday that brings regret to the cultural and literary world, Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman, died in New York at 88 years of age, the writer was admitted to a city hospital and on Tuesday she was officially declared dead.

In 1993 the world received the pleasant news that Morrison had won the Nobel, although it was a very important achievement, it would be just one of the many prizes and great moments in the career of the great author of novels such as "Beloved", "Mercy" and "Jazz".

Many awards for a new and deeper style

Born in Ohio, her first name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, despite coming from a working-class family and the discrimination that existed against African Americans, Chloe struggled and managed to graduate in English philosophy at the University of Washington.

It was in 1970 when he adopted the nickname "Toni Morrison" and did it to sign his first work "The Bluest Eye". Already in 1988 she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but the highest of her prizes and one that further boosted her career was the Nobel won in 1993.

The Nobel did more than inspire her, and she continued creating literary works with her daughter and diversifying her artistic production a bit, writing opera and children's literature librettos with her son Slade Morrison.