Quick Facts About Toni Morrison
- Born
- February 18, 1931
- Died
- August 5, 2019
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Young Adult Author
- Notable works
- Beloved
- Known for
- Beloved, Sula, Love, Home, Paradise
- Spouse
- Harold Morrison
About Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. 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).
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Awards & Honors
Jefferson Lecture
Langston Hughes Medal
Library of Congress Living Legend
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Norman Mailer Prize
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Nobel Prize in Literature
American Book Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
National Humanities Medal
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
Coretta Scott King Award
Helmerich Award
honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII
honorary doctorate from ENS
New Jersey Hall of Fame
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
Carl Sandburg Literary Award
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors
honorary degree from Spelman College
