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American Wrter Toni Morrisona bom in 1931 in Ohio, was raised in an African Amer
family。 Her family was fille
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With songs and stories of Southem myths, which later served
外 her exeellent performanee in school,
despite the atmosphere ofracial diserimination in the society.
伙Wgmaduating fiom college, Morrison started teaching and got maried in 19S8._Afw
years later her marriage seemed to fail_To temporarily 以
her broken marriage, she joined
asmall writers' group,
in whieh each member needed to bring astory or poem for diseussion
She wrote a story based on the life of agirlshe knew in childhood who had prayed to God for
blue eyes。 The story was highly praised by the group, but she putitaway, thinking thatit was
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In 1964, Morrison had adivoree 一atm) 只
day, she was 和1 to make one ofthe stories she had written for the writers' group into a
novelL_ In the novel, she 人戰。 what had happened in her childhood and used her vivid
imagination to have the characters develop alife oftheirown. In 1970,she 史。her goal: she
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可 her works, Morrison touehes upon different elements ofthe Afriean American past their
一 名“,problems and ceultural memory。 So far, her novels and other works have 各。 many
contemporary writers and won her several prizes, In 1993, Morrison reeeived the Nobel prize in
for herto be fully devoted to writing。One
Titerature。She is the eighth woman and the first Afriean American woman to winthe honor
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