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Obama Pays Tribute To ‘National Treasure’ Toni Morrison

  Former US President Barack Obama paid tribute Tuesday to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison who died aged 88 following a short illness, describing her as … Continue reading Obama Pays Tribute To ‘National Treasure’ Toni Morrison


(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 29, 2012 US President Barack Obama congratulates author Toni Morrison after presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom to during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Former US president Barack Obama paid tribute on August 6, 2019 to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison who died aged 88 following a short illness, describing her as “a national treasure.” “Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while,” he wrote on Twitter. Mandel NGAN / AFP
US President Barack Obama congratulates author Toni Morrison after presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom to during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Mandel NGAN / AFP

 

Former US President Barack Obama paid tribute Tuesday to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison who died aged 88 following a short illness, describing her as “a national treasure.”

“Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while,” he wrote on Twitter.

AFP