Toni Morrison was our nation’s only African-American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. FAMU’s Department of English and Modern Languages will celebrate her life and art at this year’s Spring Literary Forum Series.
Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was one of this country's most prolific storytellers. In her eleven novels and essay collections, she sought to present the beauty, joy, and pain experienced in African-American life. To this date, she is the only black writer from the United States of America who has received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also the recipient of the following awards: American Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, American Book Award, and Commander of Arts and Letters (Paris).
Join us at the Spring Literary Forum Series as FAMUans celebrate the life and art of one of the world's most important literary icons.
Site: Efferson Multipurpose Center (Suites B & C)
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Program
9:30 AM Student Panel (The Literary Guild)
11:00 AM Morrison Scholars Panel (Faculty from FAMU and FSU)
Book Signing
12:30 PM Legacy Chorale (FAMU Alumni Choir)
Screening of a Toni Morrison Documentary
Sponsors: Department of English and Modern Languages; College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities; and The Literary Guild.
Free Admission
2020/02/27 - 2020/02/27
FAMU Efferson Multipurpose Center
1628 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32307