Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a brief illness, her family said in a statement Tuesday.

Toni Morrison, first African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature, dead at 88

Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues accepted their Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category in New York on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released from prison in Myanmar after serving more than 500 days behind bars.

Newly freed from prison in Myanmar, Reuters journalists accept Pulitzer Prize

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Toni Morrison, first African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature, dead at 88

Newly freed from prison in Myanmar, Reuters journalists accept Pulitzer Prize