Tributes pour in following Toni Morrison’s death

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. The celebrated author is best known for her critically acclaimed and best-selling novel, Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She has also done extensive work in literature which led to her becoming the first black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tributes have been pouring from all over the world.

Tributes pour in following Toni Morrison’s death. May her soul rest in eternal peace.

“Toni Morrison’s working life was spent in the service of literature,” Knopf chairman Sonny Mehta says pic.twitter.com/gIoNojwyvb

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 6, 2019

 

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Goddess, shine your heavenly light on those of us who still need your wisdom! Rest In Peace and light!!! #tonimorrison

A post shared by Michelle Best (@michelle.k.best) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:48am PDT

 

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I am trying to put into words the gut punch I feel right now. I’m staving off tears in real life and in public at that. Because when you are called Home, this is when your legacy will matter the most. Using your gifts to leave behind meaningful work that will outlive you. That Beloved, is the dream. Rest In Power ✊? #tonimorrison

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I started reading your works a tad bit too late but thank you for being here! You’ve had such an impact on the world with your words. I’m reading you voraciously now ?.

#tonimorrison #sleepwell pic.twitter.com/Qci31h6uhW

— Muthoni (@thisbookishgal) August 6, 2019

 

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Sad day for humanity : Toni Morrison has passed away. The only African American novelist to be awarded the Nobel Prize of Litterature has inspired generations of People in the quest for more equality and respect between people whatever the color of their skin. #tonimorrison. #beloved. #litterature.

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Rest in Power #tonimorrison #newancestors

A post shared by Chi Caree (@slightlyburntblog) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:48am PDT

Toni Morrison was a towering intellect, a brilliant scribe of our nation’s complex stories, a heartbreaking journalist of our deepest desires, and a groundbreaking author who destroyed precepts, walls and those who dared underestimate her capacity. Rest well and in peace. pic.twitter.com/nMkxXRtEoz

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) August 6, 2019

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Rest in Power Queen #Blackwomen #ToniMorrison #Queen #RIP

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Thank you, Ms. Morrison for your contributions to Black Literature and American Literature. Rest easy, Beloved. ? #tonimorrison

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Toni Morrison has given me so much. We are so blessed to have lived most of our lives with her beautiful and challenging and powerful prose. Rest in peace, beloved. pic.twitter.com/0WjGIsmnSE

— leboHang masango (@NovaTruly) August 6, 2019

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I read Sula years ago. I count it as one of the ten best books I have ever read. It hit me so hard that I, regrettably, haven’t read more of her work. Toni Morrison has died, but her books never will. An actual genius. Rest in peace, #tonimorrison and thank you.

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Toni Morrison Forever Rest Well #tonimorrison #nobleprize winner

A post shared by MidCenturyPhilly (@midcenturyphilly) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:44am PDT

There is a Toni Morrison documentary IN THEATERS RIGHT NOW called The Pieces I Am. Of course it’s not getting the publicity it should. But it’s a wonderful film filled with her telling her stories. Find it at the smaller cinema near you. pic.twitter.com/pF2xcS6s2w

— April (@ReignOfApril) August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison was so intentional about cultivating ways for Black women to reclaim our stories, centred within love as a radical, everyday practice. She posed the question: what does it mean to rename that which was not beloved as Beloved? With it, she changed our lives ???? pic.twitter.com/9gnftXSBme

— jade (@divanificent) August 6, 2019