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Toni Morrison was an American author.
托妮·莫里森是一位美国作家。
She was born in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, originally named Chloe Anthony Wofford.
1931年，她出生在俄亥俄州的洛雷恩，原名克洛伊·安东妮·沃福德。
Morrison spent a lot of time around books throughout her life.
莫里森一生中花了大量时间与书为伴。
She studied literature in university and later worked as a fiction editor at a publishing company.
她在大学学习文学，后来在一家出版公司担任小说编辑。
In 1970, Morrison published her first novel, The Bluest Eye.
1970年，莫里森出版了她的第一部小说《最蓝的眼睛》。
One of her later novels, Beloved, won multiple literary awards.
她后来写的小说《宠儿》赢得了多项文学奖项。
Her stories often explored the traumatic experiences of Black Americans in an uncensored way.
她的故事常常记述美国黑人的悲惨经历，言辞激烈之处也不加删减。
This made her writing very controversial.
这使得她的作品备受争议。
However, in 1993, Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
然而，在1993年，莫里森获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
2012年，她还获得了总统自由勋章。
Morrison died in 2019, at age 88.
2019年，莫里森去世了，享年88岁。
