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Toni Morrison

Date of birth	18 February 1931
Place of birth	Lorain County, Ohio, United States
Date of death	5 August 2019
Place of death	The Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States
VIAF ID	109406177
ISNI	0000000368636040
Quotations	1

Toni Morrison was a former Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and critically acclaimed-author.

Works of Toni Morrison often focus on the experience of Black women in America.

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-== Biography ==
+Toni Morrison was a former Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities at [[Collective:Princeton University|Princeton University]] and critically acclaimed-author.
-''from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0):''
+== Notable works ==
-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). Some of her other notable works include Sula (1973) and the short story "Recitatif" (1983).
+Works of Toni Morrison often focus on the experience of Black women in America.
+=== Novels ===
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+* ''[[Source:Beloved_(Book)|Beloved]]''
+* ''[[Source:The_Bluest_Eye_(Book)|The Bluest Eye]]''
+== Critical-acclaim ==
+* The Pulitzer Prize in literature
+* The Nobel Prize in literature