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August 5, 2019 (88 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
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Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, is an American novelist, essayist, editor and teacher. His first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. Solomon's critically acclaimed song gained national attention and won the National Book Critics Association award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved; She gained worldwide recognition when she received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. In 1955, she received an MA in American Literature from Cornell University. In 1957, she returned to Howard University, married and had two children before divorcing in 1964. In the late 1960s, she became the first black fiction writer at Random House in New York. During the 1970s and 1980s, she developed a reputation as an author, and her perhaps most famous work, Beloved, was made into a film in 1998
BornChloe Ardelia Wofford, February 18, 1931, Lorain, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 05, 2019, The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupationnovelist, essayist, children's writer, professor
EducationHoward University (BA), Cornell University (MA)
GenreAmerican literature
Notable worksThe Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977), Tar Baby (1981), Beloved (1987)
Notable awardsPresidential Medal of Freedom, National Humanities Medal, Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
SpouseHarold Morrison (1958–1964)
Children2 sons

About Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison

Novelist Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, United States (She dies at the age of 88, on August 5, 2019).

The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Sula are among his best-known works as an author, educator, and School Princeton University Professor Emeritus. Beloved, her most well-known work, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988.

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Toni Morrison before becoming famous

Toni Morrison was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1931 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford and received her bachelor's degree in English from School Howard University in 1953. She then went on to School Cornell University for graduate study. Her first work, The Bluest Eye, was released in 1970.

Achievement of Toni Morrison

She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Toni Morrison's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison

Ramah Willis and George Wofford were her parents. Harold Morrison, a professor and architect, married her in 1958. Before divorcing in 1964, the couple had two children.

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Following the publication of Morrison's novel Beloved, Poet Margaret Atwood gave a glowing review in The New York Times.

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Margaret Atwood, 84

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