If you count yourself as an addict reader of novels chronicled around African-American narratives, then the name Toni Morrison is definitely a regular one to your hearing. The best-selling author of eleven novels has passed away at age 88.
Spanning over four decades of writing, Morrison was best known for her fiction novels titled; The Bluest Eye 1970, Sula 1973, Songs of Solomon 1977, Tar Baby 1981, Beloved 1987, Jazz 1992, Paradise 1997, Love 2003, A Mercy 2008, Home 2012 and her last written novel God Help the Child 2015.
News about her death was shared to the world by her longtime publisher Alfred A. Knopf, disclosing that the author died as a result of complicated pneumonia at the Montefiore Medical Center. Due to her admirable intelligence made evident in her creative writings, Toni became the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 2012, former U.S. president Barrack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was also the first African-American editor at Random House for the period of 1967 to 1983. Morrison also championed writers of color and published the likes of Gayl Jones, Henry Dumas, Muhammad Ali and Angela Davis, among others.
Details about her final funeral rites are kept unannounced by the family as they request to mourn their loss in a private way, “While we would like to thank everyone who knew and loved her personally or through her work for their support at this difficult time, we ask for privacy as we mourn this loss to our family,” the family shared in a released statement.
