Toni Morrison
American novelist and editor
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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
Spouse: Harold Morrison (m. 1958–1964)
Children: Slade Morrison and Harold Ford Morrison
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970.
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Mar 27, 2024 · The Bluest Eye, debut novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, published in 1970. Set in Morrison's hometown of Lorain, Ohio, in 1940– ...
Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated authors in the world. In addition to writing plays, and children's books, her novels have earned her countless ...
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who ...
Toni Morrison received a bachelor's degree in English from Howard University and a master's degree in American literature from Cornell University. Before coming ...
Aug 6, 2019 · Toni Morrison, who has died aged 88, was the only African American writer and one of the few women to have received the Nobel prize for ...
Jul 5, 2022 · At age 39, Morrison published her first novel, “The Bluest Eye.” The novel stemmed from a desire to read a book about how Black girls learned ...
Morrison has studied and taught English at several universities, including Howard University in Washington D.C. From 1964 she worked as a publishing house ...
Aug 6, 2019 · The author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. She was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and best known ...
The Toni Morrison Society is a non-profit literary organization that consists of scholars and lay readers of Morrison's works from around the world.