Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison's real name is Chloe Anthony Wofford. She was born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931. One of Morrison's more successful novels led her to a nomination for The National Book Award. In 1977 her book Song of Solomon gave Toni her reputation, the book also won her the National Book Critic's Circle Award. One of her best known books Beloved also won her another award, The Pulitzer Prize. She was also the first African-American Woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. BriannaRobinson 11:58, 30 October 2011 (MDT)



Biographical Information
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Her mothers’ family has come to Ohio from Alabama via Kentucky and her father migrated from Georgia. She grew up with a passion for literature and received her undergraduate degree from Howard University. She received a Maters Degree from Cornell University. Afterwards she taught at Texas University and then at Howard, in Washington D.C. Here she met Harold Morrison, an architect from Jamaica. Their marriage lasted six year, which during she gave birth to two sons. Harold and Toni got a divorce while she was pregnant with her second boy. She then returned to Lorain, Ohio to give birth to her son. Following the birth she moved to New York and became and editor at Random House, specializing in black fiction. During this time she began working on her first novel, The Bluest Eye, which was published in 1970 BriannaRobinson 12:02, 30 October 2011 (MDT)

Selected Works
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