Toni Morrison
American novelist and editor
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book... Wikipedia
Born: February 18, 1931, Lorain, OH
Died: August 5, 2019 (age 88 years), Montefiore Hospital, New York, NY
Influenced by: James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, and more
Influenced: bell hooks, Patricia Hill Collins, Cornel West, and more
Children: Slade Morrison and Harold Ford Morrison
Spouse: Harold Morrison (m. 1958–1964)
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