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  1. Toni Morrison. 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 ...

    • Chloe Ardelia Wofford, February 18, 1931, Lorain, Ohio, U.S.
  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and works of Toni Morrison, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who wrote about the African American experience. From her early years in Ohio to her later years in New York, discover how she became a professor, editor, and editor-in-chief of Random House. Explore her best-known novels, such as 'The Bluest Eye,' 'Beloved,' and 'A Mercy,' and their themes, characters, and awards.

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  3. Mar 27, 2024 · Toni Morrison, c. 1980–87. Morrison’s first book, The Bluest Eye (1970), is a novel of initiation concerning a victimized adolescent Black girl who is obsessed by white standards of beauty and longs to have blue eyes. In 1973 a second novel, Sula, was published; it examines (among other issues) the dynamics of friendship and the ...

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  4. Aug 6, 2019 · The Toni Morrison Society, devoted to the study of her life and work, was founded in 1993. If there is a unifying thread running through Ms. Morrison’s writing, it is perhaps nowhere more vivid ...

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  5. Learn about the life and work of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and a celebrated author of novels, plays, and children's books. Explore her achievements, awards, influences, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

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  7. 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 literature. The announcement of her 1993 award cited her as ...

  8. Nov 3, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Toni Morrison, the first Black American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Find out how she used her novels to explore the experience of Black Americans, especially Black women, in an unjust society and the search for cultural identity.

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