Toni Morrison, a writer of many gifts who bent language to her will | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Toni Morrison, a writer of many gifts who bent language to her will | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: August 7, 2019 9:47:57 am

Toni Morrison, a writer of many gifts who bent language to her will

Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, where her father was a welder, Morrison wrote her first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” while raising two children alone. She woke every morning at 4 a.m. to write.

Author Toni Morrison, who died Aug. 5, 2019, explored black identity in America and the experience of black women through her many novels and other literary works. (Source: The New York Times)

By Dwight Garner