Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88.
Toni wrote 11 novels in her life, many non-fiction books, 5 children's books, two plays, two short fiction stories and one libretto. She also wrote several essays and university papers.
She won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1993 -- becoming the first African American woman to achieve the honor. President Obama also awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. On politics, she wrote an essay shortly after the election ofA documentary about Toni's life was made this year called"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am." She had two children -- her sons, Slade and Harold.
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