![]() ![]() ![]() President, Jimmy Carter, who nominated her to the National Council on the Arts. Presidents who gave her tribute.įirst, the 39th U.S. In 1996, she was honored National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She also won the National Book Critic’s Circle Award and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Morrison was the first African-American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Therefore, this bitter memories influence most of her works, which are about the African-American people, especially their struggle on the discrimination in the society and their suffering due to slavery. Morrison and her family often faced the racial discrimination since they are African-American. ![]() ![]() Both of her parents came from the south and decided to move to North in order to get better life. Morrison was born on Februin Lorain, Ohio. Most of her works are well-known and often gain positive critics. She has won many awards during her lifetime. Her reputation in English literature is undoubtable. The present researcher chooses Toni Morrison in this study because she is considered as one of the greatest African-American author in the history of English literature. ![]()
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