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Toni Morrison was presented with her Medal of Freedom award by former US president Barack Obama in 2012.

Toni Morrison was presented with her Medal of Freedom award by former US president Barack Obama in 2012. Source: AAP

Former United States President Barack Obama is among those to pay tribute to acclaimed U-S author Toni Morrison, who has died at the age of 88.


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By Greg Dyett

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Former United States President Barack Obama is among those to pay tribute to acclaimed U-S author Toni Morrison, who has died at the age of 88.


The author penned 11 novels, which explored African-American identity, and she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 and the Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2012.


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