News Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner, author of ‘Beloved,’ dies at 88 August 6, 2019Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAYComments Off on Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner, author of ‘Beloved,’ dies at 88 Toni Morrison, the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is gone. But her unique voice endures in novels like "Beloved."