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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first novel, "The Bluest Eye", was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed "Song of Solomon" (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved" (1987); she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. In 1955, she earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University

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L'Altra America nella narrativa di Toni Morrison

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 30, 2021

Tema centrale nella narrativa di Toni Morrison, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1993), è la descrizione delle strutture emotive profonde e del comune sentire dell'America nera, di cui viene mirabilmente ricostruita la memoria collettiva. Il fine—spiega la scrittrice nel suo Giochi al buio—è l'affermazione del punto di vista afroamericano, che la storiografia ha ...