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Beloved is a 1987 novel by American novelist Toni Morrison. Set in the period after the American Civil War , the novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit .
The Beloved writer’s literary work consists of 11 novels, and a collection of essays and children’s books spanning over 6 decades. ... Here are 13 more of Toni Morrison’s most powerful quotes.
Beloved is a 1998 American gothic psychological horror drama film [2] directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton.Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a formerly enslaved woman after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter.
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye , was published in 1970.
The novel, "Beloved," by Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. The novel could join the 30 pulled books from school libraries since April 4, 2023. Morrison's novel that's based on a true ...
Toni Morrison, iconic author and the first African-American woman to win a Nobel prize, passed away at age 88. Before her passing, Morrison, born in Ohio on February 18, 1931, was regarded as one ...
Garner's life also inspired Toni Morrison to write her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved (1987). Morrison also wrote the libretto for the opera Margaret Garner (2005), composed by Richard Danielpour. Folk musician Jake Speed's "Maggie Don't You Weep" (2003) is similarly inspired by Garner's life.
Toni Morrison did not write her first book until she was 39, but by that point, she had been in literary spaces long enough to see that the expansive beauty and complexity of Black womanhood were ...