In the feature, Toni Morrison discussed her childhood, her work and how she felt about being called a 'black writer.' 'Of course I'm a black writer. That's like saying Dostoevsky's not a Russian
, died Monday night at age 88.
In the 1970s and '80s, Morrison became a pioneering force for multiculturalism in the literary canon. In 1993, with just six titles under her belt, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.put Toni Morrison on the cover of its on March 30, 1981 issue.
Morrison's ascent came at a pivotal point in the arts, as the accomplishments of minority authors were first being acknowledged. After her divorce in 1964, she began working as an editor at Random House and was integral in bringing black literature into the mainstream. "Of course I'm a black writer," she said defiantly."That's like saying Dostoevsky's not a Russian writer. They mean I'm nota black writer. But categories like 'black writer,' 'woman writer' and 'Latin American writer' aren't marginal anymore. We have to acknowledge that the thing we call 'literature' is pluralistic now, just as society ought to be.
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