An African-American novelist, essayist, literary critic and playwright of great talent, Toni Morrison received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in 1993. Her 11 novels explore the black experience in the United States, including Beloved and Home.
Bernard PIVOT presents the African-American writer Toni MORRISON to the French viewers. He paints his portrait right up to the Nobel Prize in Literature. Simultaneous translation and first answer without simultaneous translation translated on set by Pierre-Yves PETILLON.
First visit to France of the writer Toni MORRISON since the award of his Nobel prize a few weeks ago, on the occasion of the Carrefour des littératures européennes which is held in Strasbourg. Susan Sontag was also present. The public had come in large numbers to attend this second session of the International Writers' Parliament.