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."

Aliases (1)

Toni Morrison bibliography ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → essayist → human → novelist → professor →
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 Ardelia Wofford →
burialPlace	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, 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 →

Referenced by (58)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Mercy → Beloved → God Help the Child → Home → Jazz (novel) → Love (novel) → Paradise → Song of Solomon → Sula → Tar Baby → The Bluest Eye →	author
Bill Cosey → Denver → Junior Viviane → Paul D → Sethe →	createdBy
James Baldwin → Jean Toomer → Ralph Ellison → Richard Wright → Zora Neale Hurston →	influenced
American Book Award → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → National Humanities Medal →	notableRecipient
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison → Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison →	alsoKnownAs
African American literature → American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Jesmyn Ward → MacKenzie Scott →	influencedBy
Toni Morrison bibliography →	about
Love (novel) →	authorOfWork
The Greatest →	basedOnAuthor
Baby Suggs →	creator
Toni Morrison bibliography →	documentsCareerOf
Howard University →	hasAlumni
Love (novel) →	hasAuthor
Flannery O'Connor →	hasInfluenced
Cornell University →	hasNotableAlumni
MacArthur Fellows →	hasNotableRecipient
William Dean Howells Medal →	hasRecipient
Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University →	holder
Random House →	notableAuthorPublished
Wofford →	notableBearer
Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University →	notableHolder
Nobel Prize in Literature →	notableLaureate
Pulitzer Prize winners →	notableMemberExample
National Book Award for Fiction →	notableWinner
Love (novel) ("Toni Morrison bibliography") →	partOf
Toni Morrison →	pseudonym
Harold Morrison →	spouse
Harold Morrison →	spouseEndRelationTo
Harold Morrison →	spouseStartRelationTo
MacKenzie Scott →	studentOf
Wofford →	usedBy
God Help the Child →	writtenBy