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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.
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning-author Toni Morrison, whose masterful and groundbreaking contributions to literature explore the Black-American experience among other topics, passed away on ...
Toni Morrison was seen as a surprise choice. The strongest candidates according to the Swedish press were Hugo Claus, a Belgian poet, playwright and filmmaker who writes in Flemish; Seamus Heaney, an Irish poet who has been a front-runner for some time (awarded eventually on 1995); Bei Dao, a Chinese poet in exile; and the Syria-born Lebanese poet Adonis.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is a 2019 documentary film, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and produced by Johanna Giebelhaus, Greenfield-Sanders, Chad Thompson, and Tommy Walker. It follows American novelist Toni Morrison who examines her life and work.
Toni Morrison did not write her first book until she was 39, but by that point, she had been in literary spaces long enough to see that the expansive beauty and complexity of Black womanhood were ...
Jazz is a 1992 historical novel by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison.The majority of the narrative takes place in Harlem during the 1920s; however, as the pasts of the various characters are explored, the narrative extends back to the mid-19th-century American South.
Toni Morrison, iconic author and the first African-American woman to win a Nobel prize, passed away at age 88. Before her passing, Morrison, born in Ohio on February 18, 1931, was regarded as one ...
The Bluest Eye is the first novel written by American author Toni Morrison and published in 1970. It takes place in Lorain, Ohio (Morrison's hometown), and tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grew up following the Great Depression. She is consistently regarded as "ugly" due to her mannerisms and dark skin.