Toni Morrison

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Nobel laureate essayist human novelist professor

Toni Morrison was a renowned American novelist, essayist, and professor celebrated for her powerful explorations of Black American life and identity in works such as "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon."

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Toni Morrison canonical 135
Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison 1
Toni Morrison bibliography 1

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academicDegree B.A. in English ⓘ
M.A. in English ⓘ
awardReceived American Book Award ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
birthName Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison ⓘ
surface form: Chloe Ardelia Wofford
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-02-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-08-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
Howard University ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
Random House ⓘ
State University of New York at Albany ⓘ
Texas Southern University ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Wofford ⓘ
fieldOfWork African-American literature ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
fullName Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
givenName Chloe ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Black feminist literature ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
notableAchievement first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
notableWork A Mercy ⓘ
Beloved ⓘ
God Help the Child ⓘ
Home ⓘ
Jazz ⓘ
Love ⓘ
Paradise ⓘ
Song of Solomon ⓘ
Sula ⓘ
Tar Baby ⓘ
The Bluest Eye ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lorain, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University ⓘ
pseudonym Toni Morrison ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Harold Morrison ⓘ
writingStyle use of magical realism ⓘ
use of nonlinear narrative ⓘ
writingTheme African-American identity ⓘ
Black American life ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ
slavery and its legacy ⓘ

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