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1. www.womenshistory.org › biographies › toni-morrisonBiography: Toni Morrison - National Women's History Museum

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   As the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Morrison’s work has inspired a generation of writers to follow in her footsteps. Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. The second of four children, Morrison’s birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford. Although she grew up in a semi-integrated area ...

2. findingaids.princeton.edu › catalog › C1491Toni Morrison Papers, 1908-2017 (mostly 1970-2015)

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   Abstract. Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, 1931-2019) was a Nobel prize-winning American author, editor, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. The material described in this finding aid consists of manuscripts, drafts, galleys, and proofs of Morrison's novels and other writings; personal correspondence; editorial files ...

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   Why did Toni Morrison win a Nobel Prize?

   • In December 1993, Toni Morrison reached the pinnacle of her career, attaining the highest literary accolade possible: the Nobel Prize in Literature. This distinction was especially significant because Morrison was the first African American recipient and only the eighth woman in the world honored in this way.

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   Are there any books about teaching Toni Morrison?

   • Two valuable books about teaching Toni Morrison were published at the end of the 1990s. The first, Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Toni Morrison, edited by Nellie Y, McKay and Kathryn Earle, is a valuable pedagogical resource, covering Morrison’s fiction, as well as Playing in the Dark and her work editing The Black Book.

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   When did Toni Morrison publish her first book?

   • Although she worked for a publishing company, Morrison did not publish her first novel called The Bluest Eye until was she was 39 years old. Three years later, Morrison published her second novel called Sula, that was nominated for the National Book Award. By her third novel in 1977, Toni Morrison became a household name.

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   What did Nancy Peterson write about Toni Morrison?

   • Nancy Peterson published Toni Morrison: Critical and Theoretical Approaches. One of the earliest collections to emphasize critical theory with Morrison’s works, Peterson’s book includes black feminist criticism, as well as postmodern and reader-response approaches.

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4. www.researchgate.net › publication › 335972100_ToniToni Morrison's Beloved: A Critique of Institutionalized ...

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   Institutionalized Dehum anization. Dr. B. N. Kesur . Abstract. Toni Morrison has presented th e realistic picture of African. American lives through her novels. She thinks that in the slave ...

5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 356791473(PDF) Slavery of the Past and Trauma of the Present: A Study ...

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   DOI: 10.32996/bjpsh.2021.4.11.1. This research paper explores the issue of slavery in Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved. In. her novel, Morrison depicts the African American experience chiefly by ...

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   Linda Wagner-Martin’s Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, explores similar geographical terrain, with valuable and well-documented analysis of the first ten novels and a particularly extensive bibliography. A hybrid of biography and criticism appeared in Pelagia Goulimari’s Toni Morrison, part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series. With ...

8. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentToni Morrison - African American Studies - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Sep 24, 2020 · Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on 18 February 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, where she grew up with parents, George and Ramah Wofford, an older sister, and two younger brothers. After high school she attended Howard University, where she took on the name Toni. In 1953 she was graduated with a BA in English and two years later earned an MA from ...

9. www.britannica.com › biography › Toni-MorrisonToni Morrison | Biography, Books, Beloved, The Bluest Eye ...

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   Mar 27, 2024 · Toni Morrison (born February 18, 1931, Lorain, Ohio, U.S.—died August 5, 2019, Bronx, New York) was an American writer noted for her examination of Black experience (particularly Black female experience) within the Black community. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Morrison grew up in the American Midwest in a family that ...