Toni Morrison receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1993.

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Toni Morrison after receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1993.

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Toni Morrison receiving her Nobel Prize.

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All Nobel Laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1993. From left: Physics Laureates Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor Jr, Chemistry Laureates Kary B. Mullis and Michael Smith, Medicine Laureates Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp, Literature Laureate Toni Morrison and Laureates in Economic Sciences Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North.

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Toni Morrison after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1993.

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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden proceed into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 1993.

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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison in conversation with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 1993.

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1993 Nobel Banquet. Seated fourth from right is medicine laureate Joseph H. Taylor Jr. and sixth from right is literature Toni Morrison.

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Toni Morrison delivering her speech at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 1993.

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Literature Laureate Toni Morrison with Laureates in Economic Sciences Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North.

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Toni Morrison during a visit to the Swedish Academy during Nobel Week in December 1993. To the left, Sture Allén, permanent secretary of the academy.

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Toni Morrison during a visit to the Swedish Academy during Nobel Week in December 1993.

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All 1993 Nobel Prize laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy during Nobel Week, December 1993. From left, back row: Richard J. Roberts, Michael Smith, Phillip A. Sharp, Russell A. Hulse, Joseph H. Taylor Jr. and Douglass C. North. Front row: Kary B. Mullis, Toni Morrison and Robert W. Fogel.

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Toni Morrison takes a look at her Nobel diploma during her visit to the Nobel Foundation in December 1993.

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Group photo of the 1993 Nobel Laureates, assembled at the Nobel Foundation, December 1993. From left: Chemistry Laureate Kary B. Mullis, Medicine Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Physics Laureate Russell A. Hulse, Medicine Laureate Michael Smith, Peace Prize Laureates Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk, Medicine Laureate Richard J. Roberts, Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert W. Fogel, Literature Laureate Toni Morrison, Physics Laureate Joseph H. Taylor Jr. and Laureate in Economic Sciences Douglass C. North.

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Portrait of Toni Morrison, Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus

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Toni Morrison speaking at "A Tribute to Chinua Achebe - 50 Years Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'", New York City, 26 February 2008.

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Toni Morrison speaking at the Miami International Book Fair, 3 November 1986.

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