Nobel laureate Toni Morrison(85) has been awarded the $25,000 2016 PEN/Saul
Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, an honorary prize
given to a distinguished living American author of fiction.
"Toni Morrison not only opened doors to others when she began to
publish, she has also stayed grounded in the issues of her time," said
Louise Erdrich, a judge and former recipient of the award.
"At every turn, she has commented upon and enlarged the conversation
about what it is to be black, female, human, universal. Her brilliant
and bracing fiction continues to address what is crucial, timely and
timeless."
Tori Morrison is the author of
Beloved,
Song of Solomon and most recently,
God Help the Child
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