[35], In 1987, Morrison published her most celebrated novel, Beloved. Playing in the dark : blancheur et imagination littéraire. She spoke about a blind, old, black woman who is approached by a group of young people. One of the first books she worked on was the groundbreaking Contemporary African Literature (1972), a collection that included work by Nigerian writers Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, and South African playwright Athol Fugard. When asked in a 1998 interview, "Why distance oneself from feminism?" Toni Morrison’s publisher Alfred A. Knopf confirmed. [111][112] Morrison's decision to offer her papers to Princeton instead of to her alma mater Howard University was criticized by some within the historically black colleges and universities community. "[11], Morrison's parents instilled in her a sense of heritage and language through telling traditional African-American folktales, ghost stories, and singing songs. Winfrey also stars as the main character, Sethe, alongside Danny Glover as Sethe's lover, Paul D, and Thandie Newton as Beloved. Similarly, she chose not to write about her own life in a memoir or autobiography. She attended one meeting with a short story about a black girl who longed to have blue eyes. But The Bluest Eye is also history, sociology, folklore, nightmare and music. Avec Jazz, Toni Morrison poursuit son travail de transmission de la mémoire des Afro-américains en situant son récit dans un contexte historique particulier, cette période qui succède à l'abolition de l'esclavage aux États-Unis et voit l’émergence d'une musique nouvelle inspirée de la musique classique européenne, de la pop américaine et de la musique traditionnelle d'Afrique… Her third novel, Song of Solomon (1977), follows the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, from birth to adulthood, as he discovers his heritage through the magic of the Black experience. 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Communications Staff (September 18, 2013), CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, historically black colleges and universities, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction, PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award, The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry (The Norton Lectures), Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word, "Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88", "Literary icon Toni Morrison, M.A. A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy – Festival Artists – Toni Morrison", Rising Opera Star Angela M. Brown to replace Jessye Norman in World Premiere Production of Margaret Garner, "Blues, Love and Politics," A conversation between Toni Morrison and Cornel West", "All Professors at Large 1965 to June 30, 2023", "What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? She was the second of four children from a working-class, black family. "[100], In the context of the 2008 Democratic Primary campaign, Morrison stated to Time magazine: "People misunderstood that phrase. She also brought to publication the 1975 autobiography of the outspoken boxing champion Muhammad Ali, The Greatest: My Own Story. 18/04/2020. [9] She fostered a new generation of Afro-American writers,[9] including poet and novelist Toni Cade Bambara, radical activist Angela Davis, Black Panther Huey Newton[21] and novelist Gayl Jones, whose writing Morrison discovered. Elle retrace son parcours, parle de deux figures... Prix Nobel de littérature 1993, Toni Morrison reste à ce jour la seule autrice noire lauréate de ce prix prestigieux... Redécouvrez cette passeuse ardente... Toni Morrison, première auteure afro-américaine à avoir reçu le prix Nobel de littérature, est morte à l'âge de 88 ans. 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