Toni Morrison
1931 – 2019 · b. Lorain · d. The Bronx
United States
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Biography
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987).
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Awards
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)No list
- The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal (2013)No list
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (2013)No list
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)No list
- Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2011)No list
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2010)No list
- Norman Mailer Prize (2009)No list
- New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008)No list
Notable Works
- Beloved
- The Bluest Eye
- A Mercy
- Jazz
- Song of Solomon
- Sula
- Love
- Home
- Paradise
- Tar Baby
Spouse
- Harold Morrison (1958–1964)
Education
- Howard University — Bachelor of Arts
- Cornell University — Master of Arts
- Lorain High School
