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Birth:
She was born in Lorain, New York. She was an African-American writer. -
Education:
She started studying in the university Howard in Washington D.C and she continued in the University Cornell. -
Graduation:
She graduated in English philology. -
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Married time:
She married architect Harold Morrison. -
Works
She worked as a literary editor in the Random House, New York. -
"Bluest eyes":
This was her first novel, about a girl who dreams of having blue eyes. -
"The Island of Knights":
She marks the risk of the cultural alienation of blacks in the 1980s. -
"Beloved"
It tells the story of an African-American who escapes slavery by fleeing to Ohio, a free state. -
Nobel Prize in Literature:
She was the first black woman to receive it. -
"Desdemona":
It is her most important play produced in Vienna. In her works she talks about the lives of the black population, especially women. -
Death:
She died of a brief illness at the age of 88.
