Céline RENARD Toni MORRISON Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. Her birth name is Chloe Anthony Wofford : she changed her name into Toni, because her friends mispronounced the real one. Her father worked on shipyards : she had no wealthy background. Actually, her ancestors were slaves and when she was young, her grand-grand told her what the life of Black people was at the beginning of the century. Thus, Toni Morrison was brought …showed first 75 words of 878 total…

…showed last 75 words of 878 total…that "Her project rises from delight, not disappointment." Finally, Toni Morrison explains her mission by saying : "I look very hard for black fiction because I want to participate in developing a canon of black work. We've had the first rush of black entertainment, where blacks were writing for whites, and whites were encouraging this kind of self-flagellation. Now we can get down to the craft of writing, where black people are talking to black people."