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These two women are at the top of my favorite writers list.
Both have written novels and non-fiction that has been groundbreaking and superb. Both have won the Nobel Prize for LIterature. They each write about women; relationships between the sexes; madness; children and mothers (parents); and both are very political in the social sense. Their sensibilities are so acute they are able to take the pulse of their cultures and in sensationally formed prose tell their stories.
Toni Morrison is an African American woman who is probably near 70yrs old. She has brought to readers a perspective on how slavery effected not only the past, but how it continues to impact the African American community in present times. She also makes clear how the heirarchy within the African American community has evolved. She is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize and her awards are legion. Her book, BELOVED was made into a movie and soon her novella, THE BLUEST EYE will be transformed into a film.
Doris Lessing is English, but was born in Rhodesia. She is eight-eight years old and self taught. Her schooling was sketchy. Her genius is in intuitively understanding what and how women will cope in specific situations. She has no illusions about sentimentality and is quite frank in her opinions. She has taken flak over the years for her courageous books and is best known for THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK and THE CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE SERIES. She has won every honor bestowed upon a writer of the world and in 2007 she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
These women have changed the landscape of Western literature forever.
Any other fans?
GERBAM
These two women are at the top of my favorite writers list.
Both have written novels and non-fiction that has been groundbreaking and superb. Both have won the Nobel Prize for LIterature. They each write about women; relationships between the sexes; madness; children and mothers (parents); and both are very political in the social sense. Their sensibilities are so acute they are able to take the pulse of their cultures and in sensationally formed prose tell their stories.
Toni Morrison is an African American woman who is probably near 70yrs old. She has brought to readers a perspective on how slavery effected not only the past, but how it continues to impact the African American community in present times. She also makes clear how the heirarchy within the African American community has evolved. She is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize and her awards are legion. Her book, BELOVED was made into a movie and soon her novella, THE BLUEST EYE will be transformed into a film.
Doris Lessing is English, but was born in Rhodesia. She is eight-eight years old and self taught. Her schooling was sketchy. Her genius is in intuitively understanding what and how women will cope in specific situations. She has no illusions about sentimentality and is quite frank in her opinions. She has taken flak over the years for her courageous books and is best known for THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK and THE CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE SERIES. She has won every honor bestowed upon a writer of the world and in 2007 she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
These women have changed the landscape of Western literature forever.
Any other fans?
GERBAM
