American novelist, essayist and academic (1931–2019)
For the rugby league footballer, see Tony Morrison. For the American politician, see deLesseps Morrison Jr.
Toni Morrison
Morrison in 1998
Born
Chloe Ardelia Wofford (1931-02-18)February 18, 1931[1] Lorain, Ohio, U.S.
Died
August 5, 2019(2019-08-05) (aged 88) Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist
essayist
children's writer
professor
Education
Howard University (BA)
Cornell University (MA)
Genre
Literary fiction
Notable works
The Bluest Eye (1970)
Sula (1973)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Tar Baby (1981)
Beloved (1987)
Notable awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom
National Humanities Medal
Nobel Prize in Literature
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Spouse
Harold Morrison
(m. 1958; div. 1964)
Children
2
Signature
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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), 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 (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.[2]
Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. Morrison earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor in fiction at Random House in New York City in the late 1960s. She developed her own reputation as an author in the 1970s and '80s. Her novel Beloved was made into a film in 1998. Morrison's works are praised for addressing the harsh consequences of racism in the United States and the Black American experience.
The National Endowment for the Humanities selected Morrison for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities, in 1996. She was honored with the National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters the same year. President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 2012. She received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction in 2016. Morrison was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.
^"Toni Morrison Fast Facts". CNN. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^Desk, OV Digital (February 17, 2023). "18 February: Remembering Toni Morrison on Birth Anniversary". Observer Voice. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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