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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Toni Morrison.jpg — John Mathew Smith ( celebrity-photos.com ), CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Toni Morrison\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/toni-morrison. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T07:28:36Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/toni-morrison","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/toni-morrison","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/toni-morrison?lang=ne"}}