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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.
Nov 3, 2020 · Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931, to August 5, 2019) was an American novelist, editor, and educator whose novels focused on the experience of Black Americans, particularly emphasizing Black women's experience in an unjust society and the search for cultural identity.
She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America.
Aug 6, 2019 · Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate in literature whose best-selling work explored black identity in America — and in particular the often crushing experience of black women —...
Aug 5, 2019 · Born: 18 February 1931, Lorain, OH, USA. Died: 5 August 2019, New York, NY, USA. Residence at the time of the award: USA. Prize motivation: “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality” Language: English. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
May 7, 2024 · Portrait by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio to Ramah and George Wofford. Both of her parents came from sharecropping families that had moved north in the early years of the century. Morrison was interested in classic literature and storytelling at an early age ...
She studied at Howard and Cornell universities, taught at various universities, and worked as an editor before publishing The Bluest Eye (1970), a novel dealing with some of the shocking realities of the lives of poor blacks, and Sula (1973). The brilliant Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention.
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