Toni Morrison
Novelist, Author
1931 –
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Who is Toni Morrison?
Toni Morrison is an American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. She also was commissioned to write the libretto for a new opera, Margaret Garner, first performed in 2005. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for Beloved and the Nobel Prize in 1993. On 29 May 2012, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1931
Lorain - Also known as
- Chloe Anthony Wofford
- Chloe Ardelia Wofford
- Spouses
- Harold Morrison
(1958 - 1964)
- Harold Morrison
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Howard University
- Cornell University
- Employment
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Ohio
- Syracuse
- Lorain
- New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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